Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for Chattanooga, TN. 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 Chattanooga, sunset ranges from 5:29 PM in November to 8:59 PM in June. Every time on this page is calculated for Chattanooga's coordinates (35.0456, -85.3097) and shown in America/New_York.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:48 AM | 5:52 PM | 5:15 PM – 5:52 PM | 37 min | 10h 04m |
| February | 7:27 AM | 6:24 PM | 5:49 PM – 6:24 PM | 35 min | 10h 57m |
| March | 7:51 AM | 7:48 PM | 7:15 PM – 7:48 PM | 33 min | 11h 57m |
| April | 7:09 AM | 8:13 PM | 7:39 PM – 8:13 PM | 34 min | 13h 05m |
| May | 6:37 AM | 8:38 PM | 8:02 PM – 8:38 PM | 36 min | 14h 01m |
| June | 6:26 AM | 8:57 PM | 8:19 PM – 8:57 PM | 38 min | 14h 30m |
| July | 6:38 AM | 8:55 PM | 8:18 PM – 8:55 PM | 37 min | 14h 17m |
| August | 7:01 AM | 8:29 PM | 7:54 PM – 8:29 PM | 35 min | 13h 28m |
| September | 7:24 AM | 7:47 PM | 7:14 PM – 7:47 PM | 33 min | 12h 24m |
| October | 7:47 AM | 7:06 PM | 6:31 PM – 7:06 PM | 35 min | 11h 19m |
| November | 7:15 AM | 5:35 PM | 4:58 PM – 5:35 PM | 37 min | 10h 20m |
| December | 7:42 AM | 5:30 PM | 4:51 PM – 5:30 PM | 39 min | 9h 49m |
Golden hour is not the same length all year in Chattanooga. It is longest in December at about 39 minutes and shortest in March at about 33 minutes — a difference of 6 minutes of usable warm light per evening.
Chattanooga gets 4h 41m more daylight on the longest day than the shortest. Sunset moves from 5:30 PM in December to 8:57 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 9:26 PM, and in December until about 5:59 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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