Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for Fort Collins, CO. 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 Fort Collins, sunset ranges from 4:33 PM in December to 8:35 PM in June. Every time on this page is calculated for Fort Collins's coordinates (40.5853, -105.0844) and shown in America/Denver.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:21 AM | 4:58 PM | 4:16 PM – 4:58 PM | 42 min | 9h 36m |
| February | 6:53 AM | 5:35 PM | 4:57 PM – 5:35 PM | 38 min | 10h 42m |
| March | 7:11 AM | 7:07 PM | 6:31 PM – 7:07 PM | 36 min | 11h 56m |
| April | 6:21 AM | 7:39 PM | 7:03 PM – 7:39 PM | 36 min | 13h 18m |
| May | 5:43 AM | 8:10 PM | 7:31 PM – 8:10 PM | 39 min | 14h 27m |
| June | 5:29 AM | 8:32 PM | 7:51 PM – 8:32 PM | 41 min | 15h 04m |
| July | 5:42 AM | 8:29 PM | 7:49 PM – 8:29 PM | 40 min | 14h 47m |
| August | 6:11 AM | 7:57 PM | 7:20 PM – 7:57 PM | 37 min | 13h 47m |
| September | 6:41 AM | 7:09 PM | 6:33 PM – 7:09 PM | 36 min | 12h 28m |
| October | 7:11 AM | 6:19 PM | 5:42 PM – 6:19 PM | 37 min | 11h 08m |
| November | 6:47 AM | 4:42 PM | 4:01 PM – 4:42 PM | 41 min | 9h 55m |
| December | 7:16 AM | 4:34 PM | 3:50 PM – 4:34 PM | 44 min | 9h 17m |
Golden hour is not the same length all year in Fort Collins. It is longest in December at about 44 minutes and shortest in March at about 36 minutes — a difference of 8 minutes of usable warm light per evening.
Fort Collins gets 5h 47m more daylight on the longest day than the shortest. Sunset moves from 4:34 PM in December to 8:32 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 9:06 PM, and in December until about 5:05 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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