Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for Clearwater, 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.
In Clearwater, sunset ranges from 5:35 PM in November to 8:31 PM in June. Every time on this page is calculated for Clearwater's coordinates (27.9658, -82.8001) and shown in America/New_York.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:23 AM | 5:57 PM | 5:23 PM – 5:57 PM | 34 min | 10h 34m |
| February | 7:08 AM | 6:22 PM | 5:50 PM – 6:22 PM | 32 min | 11h 14m |
| March | 7:40 AM | 7:39 PM | 7:08 PM – 7:39 PM | 31 min | 11h 59m |
| April | 7:06 AM | 7:56 PM | 7:25 PM – 7:56 PM | 31 min | 12h 50m |
| May | 6:41 AM | 8:13 PM | 7:40 PM – 8:13 PM | 33 min | 13h 32m |
| June | 6:34 AM | 8:29 PM | 7:54 PM – 8:29 PM | 35 min | 13h 54m |
| July | 6:44 AM | 8:29 PM | 7:55 PM – 8:29 PM | 34 min | 13h 45m |
| August | 7:01 AM | 8:09 PM | 7:37 PM – 8:09 PM | 32 min | 13h 08m |
| September | 7:16 AM | 7:35 PM | 7:04 PM – 7:35 PM | 31 min | 12h 19m |
| October | 7:31 AM | 7:01 PM | 6:30 PM – 7:01 PM | 31 min | 11h 30m |
| November | 6:52 AM | 5:38 PM | 5:05 PM – 5:38 PM | 33 min | 10h 46m |
| December | 7:14 AM | 5:37 PM | 5:02 PM – 5:37 PM | 35 min | 10h 23m |
Golden hour is not the same length all year in Clearwater. It is longest in June at about 35 minutes and shortest in March at about 31 minutes — a difference of 4 minutes of usable warm light per evening.
Clearwater gets 3h 31m more daylight on the longest day than the shortest. Sunset moves from 5:37 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 8:55 PM, and in December until about 6:03 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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