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Daylight hours in Los Angeles
Los Angeles gets 14h 26m of daylight on its longest day, around June 21, and 9h 53m on its shortest, around December 21: a swing of 4h 33m across the year. Its summer is in June.
Today in Los Angeles
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Sunrise and sunset through the year
Local time, including daylight saving time where Los Angeles observes it, which is why the lines can jump by an hour. The shaded band is daylight. 2026 dates.
Key days
Longest day14h 26mJune 21 · 05:43–20:08
Shortest day9h 53mDecember 21 · 06:55–16:48
March equinox12h 08mMarch 20 · 06:57–19:05
Fastest change+2.1 min/dayaround March 19
Daylight by month
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | 06:59 | 16:55 | 9h 56m |
| February 1 | 06:51 | 17:24 | 10h 33m |
| March 1 | 06:23 | 17:50 | 11h 27m |
| April 1 | 06:41 | 19:14 | 12h 33m |
| May 1 | 06:04 | 19:37 | 13h 33m |
| June 1 | 05:44 | 20:00 | 14h 16m |
| July 1 | 05:46 | 20:09 | 14h 23m |
| August 1 | 06:05 | 19:55 | 13h 50m |
| September 1 | 06:27 | 19:20 | 12h 53m |
| October 1 | 06:48 | 18:39 | 11h 50m |
| November 1 | 06:13 | 17:01 | 10h 48m |
| December 1 | 06:41 | 16:45 | 10h 03m |
Cities with similar daylight
These cities sit within 3° of Los Angeles’s latitude in the same hemisphere, so their days grow and shrink almost in step:
Its mirror images are across the equator at a similar distance from it. Their longest days come when Los Angeles’s are shortest:
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