Sunset & Sunrise Today in Yakima, Washington

In Yakima, Washington, the sun rises at 7:18 AM and sets at 6:16 PM today, Wednesday, October 14, 2026, for a total of 10h 57m of daylight. Local solar noon in Yakima falls at 12:48 PM.

Yakima lies at latitude 46.60°, in the upper mid-latitudes, where there is a big difference between long summer days and short winter days. Each day is currently getting about 3 minutes shorter and 13 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Yakima keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Yakima runs from about 5:36 PM to 6:35 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:35 PM to 6:47 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Yakima is at 6:14 PM and sunrise at 7:20 AM — about 3m 13s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Yakima drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Yakima, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Yakima ranges from as early as 4:14 PM (around December 4) to as late as 8:59 PM (around June 23). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 49m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 8h 33m.