Photographers plan around two windows: the hour after sunrise and the hour before sunset. Here are both for Gresham — computed live for its exact coordinates, accurate for any date you pick. With a west-facing coastline nearby, evenings are the show — the sun drops toward the Pacific and the last hour of light runs warm and long.
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: Don't pack up at sunset — blue hour starts right after, and the 20 minutes of deep-blue sky with city lights on is the most underrated window of the day.
In Gresham, sunset ranges from 4:26 PM in December to 9:02 PM in June. Evening golden hour lasts about 46 minutes at the summer solstice and 49 minutes at the winter solstice. Times below are local to Gresham (America/Los_Angeles).
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:45 AM | 4:53 PM | 4:05 PM – 4:53 PM | 48 min | 9h 07m |
| February | 7:11 AM | 5:37 PM | 4:55 PM – 5:37 PM | 42 min | 10h 26m |
| March | 7:21 AM | 7:15 PM | 6:36 PM – 7:15 PM | 39 min | 11h 54m |
| April | 6:23 AM | 7:56 PM | 7:16 PM – 7:56 PM | 40 min | 13h 32m |
| May | 5:38 AM | 8:33 PM | 7:50 PM – 8:33 PM | 43 min | 14h 55m |
| June | 5:20 AM | 9:00 PM | 8:14 PM – 9:00 PM | 46 min | 15h 40m |
| July | 5:35 AM | 8:55 PM | 8:10 PM – 8:55 PM | 45 min | 15h 19m |
| August | 6:10 AM | 8:16 PM | 7:36 PM – 8:16 PM | 40 min | 14h 06m |
| September | 6:48 AM | 7:20 PM | 6:41 PM – 7:20 PM | 39 min | 12h 32m |
| October | 7:26 AM | 6:23 PM | 5:43 PM – 6:23 PM | 40 min | 10h 58m |
| November | 7:09 AM | 4:39 PM | 3:54 PM – 4:39 PM | 45 min | 9h 30m |
| December | 7:43 AM | 4:26 PM | 3:37 PM – 4:26 PM | 49 min | 8h 44m |
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.
