Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for Charlotte, NC. 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 Charlotte, sunset ranges from 5:10 PM in December to 8:42 PM in June. Every time on this page is calculated for Charlotte's coordinates (35.2271, -80.8431) and shown in America/New_York.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:31 AM | 5:34 PM | 4:56 PM – 5:34 PM | 38 min | 10h 03m |
| February | 7:09 AM | 6:05 PM | 5:30 PM – 6:05 PM | 35 min | 10h 56m |
| March | 7:33 AM | 7:31 PM | 6:57 PM – 7:31 PM | 34 min | 11h 57m |
| April | 6:51 AM | 7:56 PM | 7:22 PM – 7:56 PM | 34 min | 13h 05m |
| May | 6:19 AM | 8:20 PM | 7:44 PM – 8:20 PM | 36 min | 14h 01m |
| June | 6:08 AM | 8:39 PM | 8:02 PM – 8:39 PM | 37 min | 14h 31m |
| July | 6:20 AM | 8:38 PM | 8:01 PM – 8:38 PM | 37 min | 14h 18m |
| August | 6:43 AM | 8:11 PM | 7:37 PM – 8:11 PM | 34 min | 13h 29m |
| September | 7:06 AM | 7:30 PM | 6:56 PM – 7:30 PM | 34 min | 12h 24m |
| October | 7:29 AM | 6:48 PM | 6:13 PM – 6:48 PM | 35 min | 11h 19m |
| November | 6:58 AM | 5:17 PM | 4:40 PM – 5:17 PM | 37 min | 10h 19m |
| December | 7:24 AM | 5:12 PM | 4:33 PM – 5:12 PM | 39 min | 9h 48m |
Golden hour is not the same length all year in Charlotte. It is longest in December at about 39 minutes and shortest in March at about 34 minutes — a difference of 5 minutes of usable warm light per evening.
Charlotte gets 4h 43m more daylight on the longest day than the shortest. Sunset moves from 5:12 PM in December to 8:39 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 9:09 PM, and in December until about 5:40 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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