Daylight today
Fresno gets 10 hours 57 minutes of daylight today, 2 min 10 sec less than yesterday. That's 1 hour 18 minutes more than on the darkest day, December 21, 2025, when it got 9 h 38 min. The days are getting shorter until the shortest day of the year.
What sets Fresno apart
- Fresno sits at about the latitude of Algiers, so their shortest and longest days are close to the same length.
- Its longest day is 5 h 2 min longer than its shortest: 14 h 41 min on the longest day against 9 h 39 min on the shortest.
- On its shortest day, December 21, Fresno gets 9 h 39 min of daylight, 25th shortest of the 51 cities on DaySight.
First light and last light
First light comes 26 minutes before sunrise today, at 6:49 AM, and last light 26 minutes after sunset, at 6:39 PM. Between them the sky is bright enough to see by: 11 hours 50 minutes, against 10 h 57 min with the sun up. First and last light are when the sun is 6° below the horizon; how DaySight calculates these times.
Clock changes
On Sunday, November 1 the clocks go back. In Fresno that takes sunset from 6:04 PM the day before to 5:03 PM, and sunrise from 7:23 AM to 6:24 AM. The light shifts to the morning, where it does the most good for sleep.
The year in Fresno
In 2026 the days in Fresno bottom out at 9 h 39 min on December 21 and peak at 14 h 41 min on June 21. The darkest evenings come before the shortest day (the earliest sunset is on December 1) and the darkest mornings after it (the latest sunrise is on January 2, 2027).
Fresno's days run from 9 h 39 min to 14 h 41 min
Hours from sunrise to sunset on each day of 2026. Today is marked.
Source: DaySight, calculated from the sun's position over Fresno.
Month by month
| Month | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light | Sun up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6:43 AM | 7:11 AMfirst light 6:43 | 5:07 PMlast light 5:35 | 5:35 PM | 9 h 55 min |
| February | 6:22 AM | 6:48 AMfirst light 6:22 | 5:40 PMlast light 6:07 | 6:07 PM | 10 h 52 min |
| March | 6:45 AM | 7:11 AMfirst light 6:45 | 7:07 PMlast light 7:33 | 7:33 PM | 11 h 56 min |
| April | 5:59 AM | 6:26 AMfirst light 5:59 | 7:34 PMlast light 8:00 | 8:00 PM | 13 h 8 min |
| May | 5:24 AM | 5:53 AMfirst light 5:24 | 8:00 PMlast light 8:29 | 8:29 PM | 14 h 8 min |
| June | 5:10 AM | 5:41 AMfirst light 5:10 | 8:20 PMlast light 8:51 | 8:51 PM | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 5:23 AM | 5:53 AMfirst light 5:23 | 8:19 PMlast light 8:49 | 8:49 PM | 14 h 26 min |
| August | 5:50 AM | 6:17 AMfirst light 5:50 | 7:52 PMlast light 8:19 | 8:19 PM | 13 h 35 min |
| September | 6:16 AM | 6:42 AMfirst light 6:16 | 7:08 PMlast light 7:34 | 7:34 PM | 12 h 26 min |
| October | 6:41 AM | 7:07 AMfirst light 6:41 | 6:24 PMlast light 6:50 | 6:50 PM | 11 h 17 min |
| November | 6:11 AM | 6:38 AMfirst light 6:11 | 4:51 PMlast light 5:19 | 5:19 PM | 10 h 13 min |
| December | 6:36 AM | 7:05 AMfirst light 6:36 | 4:45 PMlast light 5:14 | 5:14 PM | 9 h 40 min |
Nearby
- Bakersfield, CA: 104 miles away, sunset today 6:11 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in San Jose: 123 miles away, sunset today 6:20 PM.
- Sacramento, CA: 158 miles away, sunset today 6:17 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in San Francisco: 162 miles away, sunset today 6:22 PM.
All 51 cities: sunrise and sunset times by city.