Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for Greensboro, NC. 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 Greensboro, sunset ranges from 5:04 PM in December to 8:40 PM in June. Every time on this page is calculated for Greensboro's coordinates (36.0726, -79.792) and shown in America/New_York.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:29 AM | 5:28 PM | 4:49 PM – 5:28 PM | 39 min | 9h 59m |
| February | 7:06 AM | 6:00 PM | 5:25 PM – 6:00 PM | 35 min | 10h 54m |
| March | 7:29 AM | 7:26 PM | 6:52 PM – 7:26 PM | 34 min | 11h 57m |
| April | 6:45 AM | 7:52 PM | 7:18 PM – 7:52 PM | 34 min | 13h 07m |
| May | 6:13 AM | 8:18 PM | 7:41 PM – 8:18 PM | 37 min | 14h 05m |
| June | 6:01 AM | 8:37 PM | 7:59 PM – 8:37 PM | 38 min | 14h 36m |
| July | 6:13 AM | 8:36 PM | 7:58 PM – 8:36 PM | 38 min | 14h 22m |
| August | 6:37 AM | 8:09 PM | 7:34 PM – 8:09 PM | 35 min | 13h 32m |
| September | 7:01 AM | 7:26 PM | 6:52 PM – 7:26 PM | 34 min | 12h 25m |
| October | 7:26 AM | 6:43 PM | 6:08 PM – 6:43 PM | 35 min | 11h 17m |
| November | 6:55 AM | 5:11 PM | 4:33 PM – 5:11 PM | 38 min | 10h 15m |
| December | 7:22 AM | 5:06 PM | 4:26 PM – 5:06 PM | 40 min | 9h 43m |
Golden hour is not the same length all year in Greensboro. It is longest in December at about 40 minutes and shortest in March at about 34 minutes — a difference of 6 minutes of usable warm light per evening.
Greensboro gets 4h 53m more daylight on the longest day than the shortest. Sunset moves from 5:06 PM in December to 8:37 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 9:08 PM, and in December until about 5:34 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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