The difference between a flat photo and a glowing one in Deer Valley is usually forty-five minutes. The calculator below shows exactly which forty-five minutes — today's sunset, sunrise, golden and blue hour, live.
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: For skylines and wide shots, the 15 minutes after sunset usually beats the sunset itself: the sky holds color while buildings and streetlights come up.
In Deer Valley, sunset ranges from 5:19 PM in December to 7:43 PM in June. Evening golden hour lasts about 37 minutes at the summer solstice and 38 minutes at the winter solstice. Times below are local to Deer Valley (America/Phoenix).
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:33 AM | 5:43 PM | 5:06 PM – 5:43 PM | 37 min | 10h 10m |
| February | 7:12 AM | 6:13 PM | 5:38 PM – 6:13 PM | 35 min | 11h 00m |
| March | 6:38 AM | 6:36 PM | 6:03 PM – 6:36 PM | 33 min | 11h 58m |
| April | 5:57 AM | 6:59 PM | 6:26 PM – 6:59 PM | 33 min | 13h 02m |
| May | 5:27 AM | 7:22 PM | 6:47 PM – 7:22 PM | 35 min | 13h 55m |
| June | 5:17 AM | 7:40 PM | 7:03 PM – 7:40 PM | 37 min | 14h 23m |
| July | 5:29 AM | 7:39 PM | 7:03 PM – 7:39 PM | 36 min | 14h 10m |
| August | 5:50 AM | 7:14 PM | 6:40 PM – 7:14 PM | 34 min | 13h 24m |
| September | 6:12 AM | 6:34 PM | 6:01 PM – 6:34 PM | 33 min | 12h 23m |
| October | 6:33 AM | 5:54 PM | 5:20 PM – 5:54 PM | 34 min | 11h 21m |
| November | 7:00 AM | 5:25 PM | 4:49 PM – 5:25 PM | 36 min | 10h 25m |
| December | 7:25 AM | 5:21 PM | 4:43 PM – 5:21 PM | 38 min | 9h 56m |
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.
