Sunny Hours / Sunshine by US city / Sacramento

Sunshine forecast for Sacramento, CA

The best sun in Sacramento today is from 11am to 1pm, with a peak sun score of 60 out of 100. The sunniest day ahead is Wednesday, with 10 sunny hours.

  • Best sun today11am to 1pm
  • Sunny hours today0
  • Sunrise6:33 am
  • Sunset5:04 pm
  • Daylight10h 31m
  • Evening golden hour4:29 pm to 5:14 pm
  • High and low69° / 43°

Sunny hours in Sacramento over the next 10 days

Each square is one daylight hour. Orange means the sun should be out, pale yellow means some sun, and gray means mostly cloud. The numbers across the top are the hour of the day.

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  • Sunny
  • Some sun
  • Mostly cloud
  • Dark

Day by day

DaySunny hoursBest windowSunriseSunsetHigh / low
Today011am to 1pm6:33 am5:04 pm69° / 43°
Tue, Nov 313pm to 5pm6:34 am5:03 pm61° / 47°
Wed, Nov 41011am to 1pm6:36 am5:02 pm68° / 48°
Thu, Nov 5910am to 12pm6:37 am5:01 pm71° / 53°
Fri, Nov 6410am to 12pm6:38 am5:00 pm73° / 54°
Sat, Nov 799am to 11am6:39 am4:59 pm74° / 56°
Sun, Nov 899am to 11am6:40 am4:58 pm76° / 56°
Mon, Nov 918am to 10am6:41 am4:57 pm72° / 57°
Tue, Nov 1009am to 11am6:42 am4:56 pm71° / 58°
Wed, Nov 1109am to 11am6:43 am4:55 pm64° / 56°

How to read this forecast

Most forecasts give each hour one symbol. In broken cloud that hides a lot: an hour with twenty minutes of direct sun is still drawn as a cloud. This page uses a sun score from 0 to 100 for every daylight hour instead. It combines how many minutes of direct sunshine the weather model expects in that hour with how much of the sky is covered by cloud. A sunny hour here is one that scores above 66.

The best window is the one or two hours in a row with the most sun, marked down for rain risk and strong wind. Evening golden hour is the stretch around sunset when the light is low and warm, which photographers like.

This page says when the sun will be out, not how strong it is. For that, see the UV index in Sacramento.

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Forecast for Sacramento, California. Updated November 2 at 5:33 AM. Weather data by Open-Meteo.