Sunset & Sunrise Today in Watsonville, California

Today, Sunday, August 23, sunset in Watsonville is at 7:47 PM and sunrise was at 6:31 AM, giving Watsonville 13h 16m between first and last light. Local solar noon in Watsonville falls at 1:09 PM.

Watsonville lies at latitude 36.91°, in the mid-latitudes, where 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 10 seconds. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in Watsonville move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Watsonville runs from about 7:13 PM to 8:04 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:04 PM to 8:15 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Watsonville is at 7:46 PM and sunrise at 6:31 AM — about 2m 10s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Watsonville drift across the whole year.

It's summer in Watsonville right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in Watsonville ranges from as early as 4:49 PM (around December 4) to as late as 8:30 PM (around June 24). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 41m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 37m.