In Baltimore, golden hour works double duty — warm light rakes across the water while the hills and skyline hold shape. Stay 25 minutes past sunset for the harbor-lights blue hour. The times below are computed live for Baltimore's exact coordinates and update automatically for any date you pick.
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.
Local golden hour spot: Federal Hill Park above the Inner Harbor. Arrive 30 minutes before the window opens to set up, and keep shooting into blue hour — it's shorter than you think.
In Baltimore, sunset ranges from 4:43 PM in November to 8:37 PM in June. Evening golden hour lasts about 40 minutes at the summer solstice and 43 minutes at the winter solstice. Times below are local to Baltimore (America/New_York).
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:24 AM | 5:07 PM | 4:26 PM – 5:07 PM | 41 min | 9h 43m |
| February | 6:58 AM | 5:43 PM | 5:06 PM – 5:43 PM | 37 min | 10h 45m |
| March | 7:17 AM | 7:13 PM | 6:38 PM – 7:13 PM | 35 min | 11h 56m |
| April | 6:29 AM | 7:44 PM | 7:08 PM – 7:44 PM | 36 min | 13h 15m |
| May | 5:52 AM | 8:13 PM | 7:34 PM – 8:13 PM | 39 min | 14h 20m |
| June | 5:39 AM | 8:34 PM | 7:54 PM – 8:34 PM | 40 min | 14h 55m |
| July | 5:52 AM | 8:32 PM | 7:52 PM – 8:32 PM | 40 min | 14h 40m |
| August | 6:19 AM | 8:01 PM | 7:25 PM – 8:01 PM | 36 min | 13h 42m |
| September | 6:47 AM | 7:14 PM | 6:39 PM – 7:14 PM | 35 min | 12h 27m |
| October | 7:16 AM | 6:27 PM | 5:51 PM – 6:27 PM | 36 min | 11h 11m |
| November | 6:50 AM | 4:51 PM | 4:12 PM – 4:51 PM | 39 min | 10h 02m |
| December | 7:19 AM | 4:44 PM | 4:01 PM – 4:44 PM | 43 min | 9h 25m |
Golden hour is the stretch just after sunrise and just before sunset, when the low sun turns hard daylight into soft, warm, directional light — the most flattering natural light for portraits, real estate, product and landscape photography. Blue hour follows sunset (and precedes sunrise): a short window of deep, even blue that's ideal for twilight real estate shots and skylines. Both windows change with latitude and season, which is why this page computes them live instead of guessing.
Kanyon Studio is a San Diego photography and video studio — golden hour is our home field. Brand shoots, products, real estate and portraits, planned around exactly this light.
