Today's Sunrise & Sunset in Irvine

Sunrise in Irvine today is at 05:04:44 AM (local time). Sunset will be at 09:26:31 PM, giving Irvine 16h 21min of daylight today. Civil twilight begins at 04:14:01 AM and ends at 10:17:41 PM. Plan your day with the UV index for Irvine or find the best light for photos during the golden hour in Irvine. Get a full year of light data with the printable Irvine Photography Planner 2026.

Irvine lies in the temperate zone at 55.6° latitude, with dramatic daylight variation between summer and winter. On the longest day of the year (June 21), Irvine receives 17.5 hours of daylight, with sunrise at 04:35 AM and sunset at 10:05 PM. On the shortest day (December 21), this drops to 7.0 hours — a difference of 10.5 hours between summer and winter. The earliest sunrise of the year occurs around June 20 at 04:34, while the latest sunset falls around June 25 at 22:05. The evening golden hour in Irvine lasts about 98 minutes in summer and 106 minutes in winter — unusually long at this latitude, great for photography.