Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for Atlanta, GA. Select a date to view the calculated light times.
The month-by-month table below is in this city's own local time. The live times above follow your device's timezone. Mountains, ridgelines and buildings can shorten the usable window — scout your horizon.
Terrain, buildings and weather can affect visible light. Check the horizon and conditions at the selected location.
In Atlanta, sunset ranges from 5:28 PM in November to 8:52 PM in June. Every time on this page is calculated for Atlanta's coordinates (33.749, -84.388) and shown in America/New_York.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:42 AM | 5:52 PM | 5:15 PM – 5:52 PM | 37 min | 10h 10m |
| February | 7:21 AM | 6:21 PM | 5:47 PM – 6:21 PM | 34 min | 11h 00m |
| March | 7:47 AM | 7:45 PM | 7:12 PM – 7:45 PM | 33 min | 11h 58m |
| April | 7:06 AM | 8:08 PM | 7:35 PM – 8:08 PM | 33 min | 13h 02m |
| May | 6:36 AM | 8:31 PM | 7:56 PM – 8:31 PM | 35 min | 13h 55m |
| June | 6:26 AM | 8:49 PM | 8:13 PM – 8:49 PM | 36 min | 14h 23m |
| July | 6:38 AM | 8:48 PM | 8:12 PM – 8:48 PM | 36 min | 14h 11m |
| August | 6:59 AM | 8:23 PM | 7:49 PM – 8:23 PM | 34 min | 13h 24m |
| September | 7:20 AM | 7:43 PM | 7:11 PM – 7:43 PM | 32 min | 12h 23m |
| October | 7:42 AM | 7:03 PM | 6:29 PM – 7:03 PM | 34 min | 11h 21m |
| November | 7:09 AM | 5:34 PM | 4:58 PM – 5:34 PM | 36 min | 10h 25m |
| December | 7:34 AM | 5:30 PM | 4:52 PM – 5:30 PM | 38 min | 9h 56m |
Golden hour is not the same length all year in Atlanta. It is longest in December at about 38 minutes and shortest in September at about 32 minutes — a difference of 6 minutes of usable warm light per evening.
Atlanta gets 4h 27m more daylight on the longest day than the shortest. Sunset moves from 5:30 PM in December to 8:49 PM in June, so an evening shoot that works in summer will be shooting in the dark at the same clock time in winter.
Blue hour follows sunset and is worth planning for separately: in June it runs until about 9:18 PM, and in December until about 5:58 PM.
Golden hour is the period near sunrise and sunset when the sun is low. Blue hour occurs before sunrise and after sunset. Calculated times vary with location and date; weather, terrain and buildings can affect visible light.
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