Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for Cincinnati, OH. 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 Cincinnati, sunset ranges from 5:15 PM in December to 9:08 PM in June. Every time on this page is calculated for Cincinnati's coordinates (39.1031, -84.512) and shown in America/New_York.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:55 AM | 5:39 PM | 4:59 PM – 5:39 PM | 40 min | 9h 44m |
| February | 7:29 AM | 6:15 PM | 5:38 PM – 6:15 PM | 37 min | 10h 46m |
| March | 7:49 AM | 7:45 PM | 7:09 PM – 7:45 PM | 36 min | 11h 56m |
| April | 7:01 AM | 8:15 PM | 7:39 PM – 8:15 PM | 36 min | 13h 14m |
| May | 6:24 AM | 8:44 PM | 8:06 PM – 8:44 PM | 38 min | 14h 19m |
| June | 6:11 AM | 9:05 PM | 8:25 PM – 9:05 PM | 40 min | 14h 54m |
| July | 6:24 AM | 9:03 PM | 8:24 PM – 9:03 PM | 39 min | 14h 39m |
| August | 6:51 AM | 8:32 PM | 7:56 PM – 8:32 PM | 36 min | 13h 42m |
| September | 7:19 AM | 7:46 PM | 7:11 PM – 7:46 PM | 35 min | 12h 27m |
| October | 7:47 AM | 6:59 PM | 6:23 PM – 6:59 PM | 36 min | 11h 11m |
| November | 7:21 AM | 5:23 PM | 4:44 PM – 5:23 PM | 39 min | 10h 02m |
| December | 7:50 AM | 5:16 PM | 4:34 PM – 5:16 PM | 42 min | 9h 26m |
Golden hour is not the same length all year in Cincinnati. It is longest in December at about 42 minutes and shortest in September at about 35 minutes — a difference of 7 minutes of usable warm light per evening.
Cincinnati gets 5h 28m more daylight on the longest day than the shortest. Sunset moves from 5:16 PM in December to 9:05 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 9:38 PM, and in December until about 5:46 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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