Sunset & Sunrise Today in Walnut Creek, California

On Wednesday, October 14, 2026, the sun sets over Walnut Creek at 6:31 PM, having risen at 7:16 AM. That works out to 11h 15m of daylight today. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Walnut Creek, is at 12:54 PM.

Sitting at 37.91° latitude puts Walnut Creek in the mid-latitudes — daylight swings noticeably between the long days of summer and the short days of winter. Each day is currently getting about 2 minutes shorter and 21 seconds. As autumn progresses, sunrise and sunset in Walnut Creek move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

Golden hour in Walnut Creek this evening is roughly 5:57 PM–6:48 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:48 PM to 6:58 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Walnut Creek is at 6:30 PM and sunrise at 7:17 AM — about 2m 22s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Walnut Creek drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Walnut Creek, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Walnut Creek ranges from as early as 4:48 PM (around December 1) to as late as 8:34 PM (around June 23). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 47m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 31m.