Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for Cape Coral, FL. 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 Cape Coral is the hour before sunset — and sunset here runs from 5:34 PM in November to 8:25 PM in June. The table below gives the exact window for every month, in Cape Coral's own time zone.
Use the live times above for today's exact window. As a rule, evening golden hour in Cape Coral starts about 34 minutes before sunset and ends at sunset. In June that is 7:48 PM – 8:22 PM; in December it is 5:03 PM – 5:37 PM.
Sunset in Cape Coral is earliest at 5:34 PM on November 25 and latest at 8:25 PM on June 29, a swing of about 3 hours across the year.
Golden hour lasts about 34 minutes in midsummer and 34 minutes in midwinter. The longest evening golden hour falls in January at about 34 minutes; the shortest is in March at about 30 minutes.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:17 AM | 5:57 PM | 5:23 PM – 5:57 PM | 34 min | 10h 40m |
| February | 7:03 AM | 6:20 PM | 5:48 PM – 6:20 PM | 32 min | 11h 17m |
| March | 7:37 AM | 7:36 PM | 7:06 PM – 7:36 PM | 30 min | 12h 00m |
| April | 7:04 AM | 7:51 PM | 7:20 PM – 7:51 PM | 31 min | 12h 48m |
| May | 6:40 AM | 8:07 PM | 7:35 PM – 8:07 PM | 32 min | 13h 27m |
| June | 6:34 AM | 8:22 PM | 7:48 PM – 8:22 PM | 34 min | 13h 48m |
| July | 6:44 AM | 8:23 PM | 7:50 PM – 8:23 PM | 33 min | 13h 39m |
| August | 6:59 AM | 8:04 PM | 7:32 PM – 8:04 PM | 32 min | 13h 04m |
| September | 7:13 AM | 7:32 PM | 7:01 PM – 7:32 PM | 31 min | 12h 19m |
| October | 7:27 AM | 6:59 PM | 6:28 PM – 6:59 PM | 31 min | 11h 32m |
| November | 6:47 AM | 5:37 PM | 5:04 PM – 5:37 PM | 33 min | 10h 51m |
| December | 7:08 AM | 5:37 PM | 5:03 PM – 5:37 PM | 34 min | 10h 29m |
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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