Sunrise in San Francisco today

San Francisco lies at 38°N. In San Francisco, day length ranges from 9h 33m in winter to 14h 47m in summer — a swing of about 5h 14m.

The sun comes up over the east-southeast horizon in San Francisco today, at a bearing of 106°. It starts getting light 27 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 22 minutes later in San Francisco than in Los Angeles, 559 km to the southeast.

Through the year sunrise drifts earlier across spring and later across autumn — changing fastest near the equinoxes and barely at all near the summer and winter solstices. See the year chart to visualise how sunrise and sunset times shift month by month for San Francisco.

The longest day in San Francisco is around 14h 47m (around June 21). The shortest is around 9h 33m (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter — losing about 2 minutes per day.