Daylight today
Los Angeles gets 11 hours 3 minutes of daylight today, 2 min less than yesterday. That's 1 hour 10 minutes more than on the darkest day, December 21, 2025, when it got 9 h 53 min. The days keep shrinking until December: the shortest day of the year.
What sets Los Angeles apart
- Its longest day is 4 h 33 min longer than its shortest: 14 h 26 min on the longest day against 9 h 53 min on the shortest.
- On its shortest day, December 21, Los Angeles gets 9 h 53 min of daylight, 35th shortest of the 51 cities on DaySight.
First light and last light
First light comes 26 minutes before sunrise today, at 6:41 AM, and last light 26 minutes after sunset, at 6:35 PM. Between them the sky is bright enough to see by: 11 hours 54 minutes, against 11 h 3 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
Clocks go back an hour on Sunday, November 1. Sunrise moves from 7:12 AM to 6:13 AM, and sunset from 6:02 PM to 5:01 PM. Mornings get lighter at once; evenings get dark an hour sooner.
The year in Los Angeles
Los Angeles swings from 9 h 53 min of daylight on December 21 to 14 h 26 min on June 21. Its earliest sunset, though, is on December 4, and its latest sunrise on January 3, 2027: the shortest day sits between the two.
Los Angeles's days run from 9 h 53 min to 14 h 26 min
Hours from sunrise to sunset on each day of 2026. Today is marked.
Source: DaySight, calculated from the sun's position over Los Angeles.
Month by month
| Month | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light | Sun up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6:32 AM | 6:59 AMfirst light 6:32 | 5:07 PMlast light 5:34 | 5:34 PM | 10 h 8 min |
| February | 6:13 AM | 6:39 AMfirst light 6:13 | 5:37 PMlast light 6:03 | 6:03 PM | 10 h 59 min |
| March | 6:39 AM | 7:04 AMfirst light 6:39 | 7:01 PMlast light 7:26 | 7:26 PM | 11 h 57 min |
| April | 5:57 AM | 6:23 AMfirst light 5:57 | 7:25 PMlast light 7:50 | 7:50 PM | 13 h 2 min |
| May | 5:25 AM | 5:52 AMfirst light 5:25 | 7:48 PMlast light 8:16 | 8:16 PM | 13 h 56 min |
| June | 5:13 AM | 5:42 AMfirst light 5:13 | 8:07 PMlast light 8:36 | 8:36 PM | 14 h 25 min |
| July | 5:25 AM | 5:53 AMfirst light 5:25 | 8:06 PMlast light 8:34 | 8:34 PM | 14 h 12 min |
| August | 5:49 AM | 6:15 AMfirst light 5:49 | 7:41 PMlast light 8:08 | 8:08 PM | 13 h 26 min |
| September | 6:12 AM | 6:37 AMfirst light 6:12 | 7:01 PMlast light 7:26 | 7:26 PM | 12 h 24 min |
| October | 6:33 AM | 6:59 AMfirst light 6:33 | 6:20 PMlast light 6:45 | 6:45 PM | 11 h 21 min |
| November | 6:00 AM | 6:27 AMfirst light 6:00 | 4:50 PMlast light 5:17 | 5:17 PM | 10 h 24 min |
| December | 6:24 AM | 6:52 AMfirst light 6:24 | 4:46 PMlast light 5:14 | 5:14 PM | 9 h 54 min |
Nearby
- Bakersfield, CA: 101 miles away, sunset today 6:11 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in San Diego: 111 miles away, sunset today 6:07 PM.
- Fresno, CA: 205 miles away, sunset today 6:12 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Las Vegas: 228 miles away, sunset today 5:55 PM.
All 51 cities: sunrise and sunset times by city.