Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for Charleston, SC. 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 Charleston, sunset ranges from 5:13 PM in November to 8:31 PM in June. Every time on this page is calculated for Charleston's coordinates (32.7765, -79.9311) and shown in America/New_York.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:22 AM | 5:36 PM | 4:59 PM – 5:36 PM | 37 min | 10h 14m |
| February | 7:02 AM | 6:05 PM | 5:31 PM – 6:05 PM | 34 min | 11h 03m |
| March | 7:29 AM | 7:27 PM | 6:55 PM – 7:27 PM | 32 min | 11h 58m |
| April | 6:50 AM | 7:49 PM | 7:16 PM – 7:49 PM | 33 min | 13h 00m |
| May | 6:20 AM | 8:11 PM | 7:36 PM – 8:11 PM | 35 min | 13h 51m |
| June | 6:11 AM | 8:29 PM | 7:53 PM – 8:29 PM | 36 min | 14h 18m |
| July | 6:22 AM | 8:28 PM | 7:53 PM – 8:28 PM | 35 min | 14h 06m |
| August | 6:43 AM | 8:04 PM | 7:31 PM – 8:04 PM | 33 min | 13h 21m |
| September | 7:03 AM | 7:25 PM | 6:53 PM – 7:25 PM | 32 min | 12h 22m |
| October | 7:23 AM | 6:46 PM | 6:13 PM – 6:46 PM | 33 min | 11h 23m |
| November | 6:49 AM | 5:18 PM | 4:42 PM – 5:18 PM | 36 min | 10h 28m |
| December | 7:14 AM | 5:15 PM | 4:37 PM – 5:15 PM | 38 min | 10h 00m |
Golden hour is not the same length all year in Charleston. It is longest in December at about 38 minutes and shortest in March at about 32 minutes — a difference of 6 minutes of usable warm light per evening.
Charleston gets 4h 18m more daylight on the longest day than the shortest. Sunset moves from 5:15 PM in December to 8:29 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 8:58 PM, and in December until about 5:42 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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