Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for Bellingham, 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.
In Bellingham, sunset ranges from 4:13 PM in December to 9:17 PM in June. Every time on this page is calculated for Bellingham's coordinates (48.7595, -122.4882) and shown in America/Los_Angeles.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:57 AM | 4:41 PM | 3:50 PM – 4:41 PM | 51 min | 8h 44m |
| February | 7:17 AM | 5:31 PM | 4:46 PM – 5:31 PM | 45 min | 10h 14m |
| March | 7:22 AM | 7:15 PM | 6:33 PM – 7:15 PM | 42 min | 11h 53m |
| April | 6:18 AM | 8:01 PM | 7:19 PM – 8:01 PM | 42 min | 13h 43m |
| May | 5:28 AM | 8:45 PM | 7:58 PM – 8:45 PM | 47 min | 15h 17m |
| June | 5:06 AM | 9:14 PM | 8:25 PM – 9:14 PM | 49 min | 16h 09m |
| July | 5:23 AM | 9:08 PM | 8:20 PM – 9:08 PM | 48 min | 15h 45m |
| August | 6:03 AM | 8:24 PM | 7:41 PM – 8:24 PM | 43 min | 14h 21m |
| September | 6:46 AM | 7:22 PM | 6:40 PM – 7:22 PM | 42 min | 12h 35m |
| October | 7:30 AM | 6:19 PM | 5:36 PM – 6:19 PM | 43 min | 10h 49m |
| November | 7:19 AM | 4:29 PM | 3:40 PM – 4:29 PM | 49 min | 9h 11m |
| December | 7:56 AM | 4:13 PM | 3:18 PM – 4:13 PM | 55 min | 8h 17m |
Golden hour is not the same length all year in Bellingham. It is longest in December at about 55 minutes and shortest in March at about 42 minutes — a difference of 13 minutes of usable warm light per evening.
Bellingham gets 7h 52m more daylight on the longest day than the shortest. Sunset moves from 4:13 PM in December to 9:14 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 9:57 PM, and in December until about 4:51 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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