Great light in Cypress isn't luck — it's timing. This page calculates today's sunset, sunrise, golden hour and blue hour for Cypress's exact location, live, and works for any date you choose. Note the times below account for Cypress's latitude — golden hour runs longer in winter and shorter at midsummer than most charts assume.
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 tip: Overcast day? A thin cloud layer at golden hour acts like a giant softbox — some of the best portrait light happens on days everyone else stays home.
In Cypress, sunset ranges from 5:22 PM in November to 8:27 PM in June. Evening golden hour lasts about 35 minutes at the summer solstice and 36 minutes at the winter solstice. Times below are local to Cypress (America/Chicago).
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:19 AM | 5:45 PM | 5:10 PM – 5:45 PM | 35 min | 10h 26m |
| February | 7:02 AM | 6:11 PM | 5:38 PM – 6:11 PM | 33 min | 11h 09m |
| March | 7:32 AM | 7:31 PM | 6:59 PM – 7:31 PM | 32 min | 11h 59m |
| April | 6:55 AM | 7:50 PM | 7:18 PM – 7:50 PM | 32 min | 12h 54m |
| May | 6:29 AM | 8:09 PM | 7:35 PM – 8:09 PM | 34 min | 13h 40m |
| June | 6:21 AM | 8:25 PM | 7:50 PM – 8:25 PM | 35 min | 14h 04m |
| July | 6:32 AM | 8:25 PM | 7:50 PM – 8:25 PM | 35 min | 13h 53m |
| August | 6:50 AM | 8:03 PM | 7:31 PM – 8:03 PM | 32 min | 13h 13m |
| September | 7:07 AM | 7:27 PM | 6:56 PM – 7:27 PM | 31 min | 12h 20m |
| October | 7:24 AM | 6:51 PM | 6:19 PM – 6:51 PM | 32 min | 11h 27m |
| November | 6:47 AM | 5:26 PM | 4:52 PM – 5:26 PM | 34 min | 10h 39m |
| December | 7:11 AM | 5:24 PM | 4:48 PM – 5:24 PM | 36 min | 10h 14m |
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.
