Daylight today
Today the sun is up for 11 hours 6 minutes in San Diego: 1 min 50 sec less than yesterday, and 1 hour 7 minutes more than on December 21, 2025, the darkest day, which had 10 h. The days are getting shorter until the shortest day of the year.
What sets San Diego apart
- Its latest sunset of the year is only 8:01 PM on June 22, the 4th earliest of the 51 cities' summer sunsets.
- Its longest day is 4 h 19 min longer than its shortest: 14 h 18 min on the longest day against 10 h on the shortest.
- On its shortest day, December 21, San Diego gets 10 h of daylight, 40th shortest of the 51 cities on DaySight.
First light and last light
The sky gets light at 6:35 AM, 25 minutes before the sun comes up, and stays light until 6:32 PM, 25 minutes after it sets. That gives San Diego 11 hours 57 minutes of usable light today, against 11 h 6 min of sun. Both are the moment the sun is 6° below the horizon (how DaySight calculates these times).
Clock changes
On Sunday, November 1 the clocks go back. In San Diego that takes sunset from 6:00 PM the day before to 4:59 PM, and sunrise from 7:06 AM to 6:07 AM. The light shifts to the morning, where it does the most good for sleep.
The year in San Diego
San Diego's shortest day in 2026 is December 21, with 10 h of daylight, and its longest June 21, with 14 h 18 min. Neither the earliest sunset nor the latest sunrise falls on the shortest day: the earliest sunset comes on December 1, the latest sunrise on January 1, 2027.
San Diego's days run from 10 h to 14 h 18 min
Hours from sunrise to sunset on each day of 2026. Today is marked.
Source: DaySight, calculated from the sun's position over San Diego.
Month by month
| Month | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light | Sun up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6:25 AM | 6:52 AMfirst light 6:25 | 5:06 PMlast light 5:32 | 5:32 PM | 10 h 14 min |
| February | 6:07 AM | 6:33 AMfirst light 6:07 | 5:35 PMlast light 6:00 | 6:00 PM | 11 h 2 min |
| March | 6:35 AM | 7:00 AMfirst light 6:35 | 6:57 PMlast light 7:22 | 7:22 PM | 11 h 57 min |
| April | 5:54 AM | 6:20 AMfirst light 5:54 | 7:19 PMlast light 7:44 | 7:44 PM | 12 h 59 min |
| May | 5:24 AM | 5:51 AMfirst light 5:24 | 7:41 PMlast light 8:08 | 8:08 PM | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 5:13 AM | 5:41 AMfirst light 5:13 | 7:59 PMlast light 8:27 | 8:27 PM | 14 h 18 min |
| July | 5:24 AM | 5:52 AMfirst light 5:24 | 7:58 PMlast light 8:26 | 8:26 PM | 14 h 6 min |
| August | 5:47 AM | 6:13 AMfirst light 5:47 | 7:35 PMlast light 8:01 | 8:01 PM | 13 h 22 min |
| September | 6:08 AM | 6:33 AMfirst light 6:08 | 6:56 PMlast light 7:21 | 7:21 PM | 12 h 23 min |
| October | 6:28 AM | 6:53 AMfirst light 6:28 | 6:17 PMlast light 6:42 | 6:42 PM | 11 h 24 min |
| November | 5:53 AM | 6:20 AMfirst light 5:53 | 4:49 PMlast light 5:15 | 5:15 PM | 10 h 29 min |
| December | 6:17 AM | 6:44 AMfirst light 6:17 | 4:45 PMlast light 5:12 | 5:12 PM | 10 h 1 min |
Nearby
- Los Angeles, CA: 111 miles away, sunset today 6:09 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Bakersfield: 212 miles away, sunset today 6:11 PM.
- Las Vegas, NV: 265 miles away, sunset today 5:55 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Phoenix: 299 miles away, sunset today 5:46 PM.
All 51 cities: sunrise and sunset times by city.