Sunset & Sunrise Today in Whittier, California

In Whittier, California, the sun rises at 6:24 AM and sets at 7:21 PM today, Saturday, August 29, 2026, for a total of 12h 57m of daylight. The sun reaches its high point above Whittier at 12:53 PM.

Sitting at 33.98° latitude puts Whittier in the lower mid-latitudes — daylight varies moderately between summer and winter. Each day is currently getting about 1 minute shorter and 59 seconds. Through summer, the sunset time in Whittier keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Whittier runs from about 6:48 PM to 7:37 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:37 PM to 7:47 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Whittier is at 7:20 PM and sunrise at 6:24 AM — about 2m 1s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Whittier drift across the whole year.

It's summer in Whittier right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in Whittier ranges from as early as 4:42 PM (around November 29) to as late as 8:07 PM (around June 26). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 24m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 52m.