Sunset & Sunrise Today in Wilmington, California

On Wednesday, October 14, 2026, the sun sets over Wilmington at 6:19 PM, having risen at 6:57 AM. That works out to 11h 22m of daylight today. The sun reaches its high point above Wilmington at 12:39 PM.

Wilmington lies at latitude 33.78°, in the lower mid-latitudes, where daylight varies moderately between summer and winter. Each day is currently getting about 2 minutes shorter and 2 seconds. This is autumn in Wilmington, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

Golden hour in Wilmington this evening is roughly 5:47 PM–6:35 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:35 PM to 6:45 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Wilmington is at 6:18 PM and sunrise at 6:58 AM — about 2m 1s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Wilmington drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Wilmington, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Wilmington ranges from as early as 4:43 PM (around December 2) to as late as 8:07 PM (around June 23). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 23m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 53m.