Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for Bellevue, WA. 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.
Golden hour in Bellevue is the hour before sunset — and sunset here runs from 4:17 PM in December to 9:10 PM in June. The table below gives the exact window for every month, in Bellevue's own time zone.
Use the live times above for today's exact window. As a rule, evening golden hour in Bellevue starts about 48 minutes before sunset and ends at sunset. In June that is 8:20 PM – 9:08 PM; in December it is 3:24 PM – 4:17 PM.
Sunset in Bellevue is earliest at 4:17 PM on December 5 and latest at 9:10 PM on June 20, a swing of about 5 hours across the year.
Golden hour lasts about 48 minutes in midsummer and 53 minutes in midwinter. The longest evening golden hour falls in December at about 53 minutes; the shortest is in March at about 41 minutes.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:52 AM | 4:44 PM | 3:54 PM – 4:44 PM | 50 min | 8h 53m |
| February | 7:14 AM | 5:32 PM | 4:48 PM – 5:32 PM | 44 min | 10h 18m |
| March | 7:21 AM | 7:14 PM | 6:33 PM – 7:14 PM | 41 min | 11h 53m |
| April | 6:19 AM | 7:58 PM | 7:17 PM – 7:58 PM | 41 min | 13h 39m |
| May | 5:31 AM | 8:39 PM | 7:54 PM – 8:39 PM | 45 min | 15h 09m |
| June | 5:10 AM | 9:08 PM | 8:20 PM – 9:08 PM | 48 min | 15h 58m |
| July | 5:26 AM | 9:02 PM | 8:15 PM – 9:02 PM | 47 min | 15h 35m |
| August | 6:04 AM | 8:20 PM | 7:38 PM – 8:20 PM | 42 min | 14h 16m |
| September | 6:46 AM | 7:20 PM | 6:39 PM – 7:20 PM | 41 min | 12h 34m |
| October | 7:27 AM | 6:20 PM | 5:38 PM – 6:20 PM | 42 min | 10h 52m |
| November | 7:14 AM | 4:32 PM | 3:44 PM – 4:32 PM | 48 min | 9h 18m |
| December | 7:50 AM | 4:17 PM | 3:24 PM – 4:17 PM | 53 min | 8h 27m |
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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