Today's Sunrise & Sunset in Santa Bárbara

Sunrise in Santa Bárbara today is at 07:01:01 AM (local time). Sunset will be at 05:52:25 PM, giving Santa Bárbara 10h 51min of daylight today. Civil twilight begins at 06:36:22 AM and ends at 06:17:03 PM. Plan your day with the UV index for Santa Bárbara or find the best light for photos during the golden hour in Santa Bárbara. Get a full year of light data with the printable Santa Bárbara Photography Planner 2026.

Santa Bárbara lies near the equator, so day length barely changes throughout the year — expect roughly 12 hours of light all year round. On the longest day of the year (December 21), Santa Bárbara receives 13.4 hours of daylight, with sunrise at 05:40 AM and sunset at 07:04 PM. On the shortest day (June 21), this drops to 10.9 hours — a difference of 2.5 hours between summer and winter. The earliest sunrise of the year occurs around November 27 at 05:34, while the latest sunset falls around January 16 at 19:11. The evening golden hour in Santa Bárbara lasts about 47 minutes in summer and 47 minutes in winter — typical for this latitude.