Golden hour in San Francisco
Hills, fog, and west-facing water make the quality of light change quickly from one neighborhood to the next.
Today's light
- Morning golden
- 5:49 AM – 6:28 AM
- Evening golden
- 7:51 PM – 8:30 PM
- Sunrise
- 5:49 AM
- Sunset
- 8:30 PM
How to use these times
Arrive before the listed start. The best frame may happen before direct light reaches your subject, especially around buildings, hills, or haze. Use the live app for the countdown and current cloud-based shoot score.
Read the golden-hour field guideSeasonal note
Summer fog can mute the sunset near the coast while leaving warmer breaks over eastern neighborhoods and the bay.
How Golden Hour calculates the window