Look up the exact time darkness falls in San Diego, CA for any date of the year. Sunset times, civil dusk, full twilight schedule, and daylight changes.
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Today — Wednesday, November 4, 2026
It gets dark at 05:20 PM in San Diego
Sunrise
06:09 AM
Sunset
04:55 PM
Gets Dark
05:20 PM
Day Length
10h 46m
San Diego is losing 1m 42s of daylight per day
Darkness arrives earliest on December 2 at 5:09 PM and latest on June 28 at 8:29 PM, a swing of 3 h 20 min across the year.
The longest day brings 14 h 18 min of daylight and the shortest just 10 h. The earliest dusk comes about 19 days away from the shortest day, because Earth's oval orbit shifts solar noon through the year.
After sunset, twilight lasts about 25 min at the March equinox and stretches to 29 min in midsummer. Near the equator it is only about 21 min year-round.
In San Diego, on 107 days it is dark before 6 pm.
San Diego sits close to the middle of its time zone, so the sun is highest within 13 min of noon on standard time.
San Diego lies 3,638 km (2,261 miles) north of the equator at 32.72°N. That is almost the same latitude as Dallas, so both see a similar yearly rhythm of daylight.
This page shows exactly when it gets dark in San Diego, CA, United States for any day of the year. The interactive tool above lets you pick any date to see the precise sunset time, civil dusk (when true darkness begins), and the full twilight schedule including nautical and astronomical dawn and dusk.
San Diego is located at latitude 32.72° and longitude -117.16°. The time darkness falls changes throughout the year based on Earth's axial tilt — earlier in winter, later in summer. Use the date picker above to check any date.
Whether you're planning trick-or-treating for Halloween, a fireworks display, an outdoor wedding, or an evening event in San Diego, knowing the exact time darkness falls is essential. This tool calculates civil dusk — when the sun drops 6 degrees below the horizon — for any date at San Diego's exact coordinates.
The site also shows the daily daylight delta — how much daylight San Diego is gaining or losing each day — and a year-long daylight curve showing how day length rises and falls across all 365 days.