Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for Jacksonville, FL. 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.
Golden hour in Jacksonville is the hour before sunset — and sunset here runs from 5:25 PM in November to 8:32 PM in June. The table below gives the exact window for every month, in Jacksonville's own time zone.
Use the live times above for today's exact window. As a rule, evening golden hour in Jacksonville starts about 36 minutes before sunset and ends at sunset. In June that is 7:54 PM – 8:30 PM; in December it is 4:51 PM – 5:27 PM.
Sunset in Jacksonville is earliest at 5:25 PM on November 28 and latest at 8:32 PM on June 23, a swing of about 3 hours across the year.
Golden hour lasts about 36 minutes in midsummer and 36 minutes in midwinter. The longest evening golden hour falls in June at about 36 minutes; the shortest is in March at about 31 minutes.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:23 AM | 5:48 PM | 5:13 PM – 5:48 PM | 35 min | 10h 25m |
| February | 7:06 AM | 6:15 PM | 5:42 PM – 6:15 PM | 33 min | 11h 08m |
| March | 7:36 AM | 7:34 PM | 7:03 PM – 7:34 PM | 31 min | 11h 59m |
| April | 6:59 AM | 7:54 PM | 7:22 PM – 7:54 PM | 32 min | 12h 55m |
| May | 6:32 AM | 8:13 PM | 7:39 PM – 8:13 PM | 34 min | 13h 41m |
| June | 6:24 AM | 8:30 PM | 7:54 PM – 8:30 PM | 36 min | 14h 06m |
| July | 6:35 AM | 8:29 PM | 7:55 PM – 8:29 PM | 34 min | 13h 55m |
| August | 6:53 AM | 8:08 PM | 7:35 PM – 8:08 PM | 33 min | 13h 14m |
| September | 7:11 AM | 7:31 PM | 7:00 PM – 7:31 PM | 31 min | 12h 21m |
| October | 7:28 AM | 6:55 PM | 6:23 PM – 6:55 PM | 32 min | 11h 27m |
| November | 6:52 AM | 5:29 PM | 4:55 PM – 5:29 PM | 34 min | 10h 37m |
| December | 7:15 AM | 5:27 PM | 4:51 PM – 5:27 PM | 36 min | 10h 12m |
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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