Boca Raton's golden hour is short, specific, and worth planning around. The times below are computed live for Boca Raton's exact coordinates (26.3587, -80.0831) and update automatically for any date you pick — sunset, sunrise, golden hour and blue hour, all in local time. On this side of the country, sunrise is the underrated window — the sun comes up over the Atlantic side and morning golden hour is quieter than the evening one.
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 tip: Don't pack up at sunset — blue hour starts right after, and the 20 minutes of deep-blue sky with city lights on is the most underrated window of the day.
In Boca Raton, sunset ranges from 5:27 PM in November to 8:17 PM in June. Evening golden hour lasts about 34 minutes at the summer solstice and 34 minutes at the winter solstice. Times below are local to Boca Raton (America/New_York).
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:09 AM | 5:50 PM | 5:16 PM – 5:50 PM | 34 min | 10h 40m |
| February | 6:55 AM | 6:13 PM | 5:41 PM – 6:13 PM | 32 min | 11h 17m |
| March | 7:29 AM | 7:29 PM | 6:58 PM – 7:29 PM | 31 min | 12h 00m |
| April | 6:56 AM | 7:44 PM | 7:13 PM – 7:44 PM | 31 min | 12h 47m |
| May | 6:33 AM | 8:00 PM | 7:27 PM – 8:00 PM | 33 min | 13h 27m |
| June | 6:27 AM | 8:14 PM | 7:40 PM – 8:14 PM | 34 min | 13h 47m |
| July | 6:37 AM | 8:15 PM | 7:42 PM – 8:15 PM | 33 min | 13h 38m |
| August | 6:52 AM | 7:56 PM | 7:25 PM – 7:56 PM | 31 min | 13h 04m |
| September | 7:06 AM | 7:24 PM | 6:54 PM – 7:24 PM | 30 min | 12h 18m |
| October | 7:19 AM | 6:52 PM | 6:21 PM – 6:52 PM | 31 min | 11h 33m |
| November | 6:39 AM | 5:30 PM | 4:57 PM – 5:30 PM | 33 min | 10h 51m |
| December | 7:00 AM | 5:30 PM | 4:56 PM – 5:30 PM | 34 min | 10h 30m |
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.
