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Golden Hour in Davie, FL

Photographers plan around two windows: the hour after sunrise and the hour before sunset. Here are both for Davie — computed live for its exact coordinates, accurate for any date you pick. On this side of the country, sunrise is the underrated window — the sun comes up over the Atlantic side and morning golden hour is quieter than the evening one.

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.

Where to shoot it

Local tip: Golden hour moves every single day. If you're planning a shoot more than a week out, check the date itself — the window can shift by 20+ minutes.

In Davie, sunset ranges from 5:28 PM in November to 8:17 PM in June. Evening golden hour lasts about 34 minutes at the summer solstice and 34 minutes at the winter solstice. Times below are local to Davie (America/New_York).

Sunrise, sunset and golden hour in Davie by month

MonthSunriseSunsetGolden hour (evening)LengthDaylight
January7:09 AM5:51 PM5:17 PM – 5:51 PM34 min10h 42m
February6:56 AM6:14 PM5:42 PM – 6:14 PM32 min11h 18m
March7:30 AM7:29 PM6:59 PM – 7:29 PM30 min12h 00m
April6:57 AM7:44 PM7:13 PM – 7:44 PM31 min12h 47m
May6:34 AM8:00 PM7:27 PM – 8:00 PM33 min13h 25m
June6:28 AM8:14 PM7:40 PM – 8:14 PM34 min13h 46m
July6:38 AM8:15 PM7:42 PM – 8:15 PM33 min13h 37m
August6:53 AM7:56 PM7:25 PM – 7:56 PM31 min13h 03m
September7:06 AM7:25 PM6:54 PM – 7:25 PM31 min12h 18m
October7:19 AM6:53 PM6:22 PM – 6:53 PM31 min11h 33m
November6:39 AM5:31 PM4:58 PM – 5:31 PM33 min10h 52m
December7:00 AM5:31 PM4:57 PM – 5:31 PM34 min10h 31m

The year at a glance

  • Earliest sunset: 5:28 PM on November 26
  • Latest sunset: 8:17 PM on June 29
  • Longest day: 13h 46m on June 21
  • Shortest day: 10h 31m on December 21
  • Golden hour length: about 34 minutes in June, 34 minutes in December
  • Time zone: America/New_York

What is golden hour?

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.

Chasing the light for a shoot?

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.