In Colorado Springs, the mountains change the math: the sun can drop behind a ridge well before the 'official' sunset below. Scout your horizon line and treat the calculated times as your latest-possible window. The times below are computed live for Colorado Springs's exact coordinates and update automatically for any date you pick.
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.
Local golden hour spot: Garden of the Gods' High Point overlook. Arrive 30 minutes before the window opens to set up, and keep shooting into blue hour — it's shorter than you think.
In Colorado Springs, sunset ranges from 4:37 PM in November to 8:28 PM in June. Evening golden hour lasts about 40 minutes at the summer solstice and 42 minutes at the winter solstice. Times below are local to Colorado Springs (America/Denver).
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:16 AM | 5:01 PM | 4:21 PM – 5:01 PM | 40 min | 9h 46m |
| February | 6:50 AM | 5:37 PM | 5:00 PM – 5:37 PM | 37 min | 10h 47m |
| March | 7:10 AM | 7:06 PM | 6:31 PM – 7:06 PM | 35 min | 11h 56m |
| April | 6:22 AM | 7:36 PM | 7:00 PM – 7:36 PM | 36 min | 13h 14m |
| May | 5:46 AM | 8:05 PM | 7:27 PM – 8:05 PM | 38 min | 14h 18m |
| June | 5:33 AM | 8:26 PM | 7:46 PM – 8:26 PM | 40 min | 14h 53m |
| July | 5:46 AM | 8:23 PM | 7:44 PM – 8:23 PM | 39 min | 14h 37m |
| August | 6:13 AM | 7:53 PM | 7:17 PM – 7:53 PM | 36 min | 13h 41m |
| September | 6:40 AM | 7:07 PM | 6:32 PM – 7:07 PM | 35 min | 12h 26m |
| October | 7:08 AM | 6:20 PM | 5:44 PM – 6:20 PM | 36 min | 11h 12m |
| November | 6:41 AM | 4:45 PM | 4:06 PM – 4:45 PM | 39 min | 10h 03m |
| December | 7:10 AM | 4:38 PM | 3:56 PM – 4:38 PM | 42 min | 9h 28m |
Golden hour is the stretch just after sunrise and just before sunset, when the low sun turns hard daylight into soft, warm, directional light — the most flattering natural light for portraits, real estate, product and landscape photography. Blue hour follows sunset (and precedes sunrise): a short window of deep, even blue that's ideal for twilight real estate shots and skylines. Both windows change with latitude and season, which is why this page computes them live instead of guessing.
Kanyon Studio is a San Diego photography and video studio — golden hour is our home field. Brand shoots, products, real estate and portraits, planned around exactly this light.
