Daylight today
San Francisco gets 10 hours 54 minutes of daylight today, 2 min 20 sec less than yesterday. That's 1 hour 21 minutes more than on the darkest day, December 21, 2025, when it got 9 h 33 min. The days are getting shorter until the shortest day of the year.
What sets San Francisco apart
- San Francisco sits at about the latitude of Seoul, so their shortest and longest days are close to the same length.
- Its longest day is 5 h 14 min longer than its shortest: 14 h 47 min on the longest day against 9 h 33 min on the shortest.
- On its shortest day, December 21, San Francisco gets 9 h 33 min of daylight, 22nd shortest of the 51 cities on DaySight.
First light and last light
The sky gets light at 7:01 AM, 27 minutes before the sun comes up, and stays light until 6:48 PM, 27 minutes after it sets. That gives San Francisco 11 hours 48 minutes of usable light today, against 10 h 54 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 Francisco that takes sunset from 6:13 PM the day before to 5:12 PM, and sunrise from 7:35 AM to 6:36 AM. The light shifts to the morning, where it does the most good for sleep.
The year in San Francisco
San Francisco swings from 9 h 33 min of daylight on December 21 to 14 h 47 min on June 21. Its earliest sunset, though, is on November 30, and its latest sunrise on December 31: the shortest day sits between the two.
San Francisco's days run from 9 h 33 min to 14 h 47 min
Hours from sunrise to sunset on each day of 2026. Today is marked.
Source: DaySight, calculated from the sun's position over San Francisco.
Month by month
| Month | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light | Sun up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6:56 AM | 7:25 AMfirst light 6:56 | 5:15 PMlast light 5:44 | 5:44 PM | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 6:33 AM | 7:00 AMfirst light 6:33 | 5:49 PMlast light 6:16 | 6:16 PM | 10 h 49 min |
| March | 6:55 AM | 7:22 AMfirst light 6:55 | 7:17 PMlast light 7:43 | 7:43 PM | 11 h 56 min |
| April | 6:08 AM | 6:35 AMfirst light 6:08 | 7:45 PMlast light 8:13 | 8:13 PM | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 5:31 AM | 6:01 AMfirst light 5:31 | 8:13 PMlast light 8:43 | 8:43 PM | 14 h 12 min |
| June | 5:17 AM | 5:48 AMfirst light 5:17 | 8:34 PMlast light 9:05 | 9:05 PM | 14 h 46 min |
| July | 5:30 AM | 6:00 AMfirst light 5:30 | 8:32 PMlast light 9:03 | 9:03 PM | 14 h 32 min |
| August | 5:58 AM | 6:26 AMfirst light 5:58 | 8:04 PMlast light 8:32 | 8:32 PM | 13 h 38 min |
| September | 6:26 AM | 6:52 AMfirst light 6:26 | 7:19 PMlast light 7:46 | 7:46 PM | 12 h 27 min |
| October | 6:52 AM | 7:19 AMfirst light 6:52 | 6:33 PMlast light 7:00 | 7:00 PM | 11 h 15 min |
| November | 6:23 AM | 6:51 AMfirst light 6:23 | 5:00 PMlast light 5:28 | 5:28 PM | 10 h 9 min |
| December | 6:49 AM | 7:19 AMfirst light 6:49 | 4:53 PMlast light 5:22 | 5:22 PM | 9 h 34 min |
Nearby
- San Jose, CA: 42 miles away, sunset today 6:20 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Sacramento: 75 miles away, sunset today 6:17 PM.
- Fresno, CA: 162 miles away, sunset today 6:12 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Bakersfield: 251 miles away, sunset today 6:11 PM.
All 51 cities: sunrise and sunset times by city.