Sunset & Sunrise Today in West Sacramento, California

On Sunday, August 23, 2026, the sun sets over West Sacramento at 7:48 PM, having risen at 6:27 AM. That works out to 13h 21m of daylight today. Local solar noon in West Sacramento falls at 1:08 PM.

Sitting at 38.58° latitude puts West Sacramento 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 18 seconds. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in West Sacramento move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in West Sacramento runs from about 7:14 PM to 8:06 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:06 PM to 8:17 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in West Sacramento is at 7:47 PM and sunrise at 6:28 AM — about 2m 19s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in West Sacramento drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in West Sacramento, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in West Sacramento ranges from as early as 4:44 PM (around December 2) to as late as 8:34 PM (around June 23). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 51m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 27m.