Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for Key West, 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.
In Key West, sunset ranges from 5:37 PM in November to 8:20 PM in June. Every time on this page is calculated for Key West's coordinates (24.5551, -81.78) and shown in America/New_York.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:13 AM | 6:00 PM | 5:27 PM – 6:00 PM | 33 min | 10h 47m |
| February | 7:00 AM | 6:21 PM | 5:50 PM – 6:21 PM | 31 min | 11h 21m |
| March | 7:36 AM | 7:36 PM | 7:06 PM – 7:36 PM | 30 min | 12h 00m |
| April | 7:05 AM | 7:49 PM | 7:18 PM – 7:49 PM | 31 min | 12h 44m |
| May | 6:43 AM | 8:03 PM | 7:31 PM – 8:03 PM | 32 min | 13h 20m |
| June | 6:38 AM | 8:17 PM | 7:44 PM – 8:17 PM | 33 min | 13h 39m |
| July | 6:47 AM | 8:18 PM | 7:45 PM – 8:18 PM | 33 min | 13h 31m |
| August | 7:01 AM | 8:01 PM | 7:30 PM – 8:01 PM | 31 min | 12h 59m |
| September | 7:13 AM | 7:30 PM | 7:00 PM – 7:30 PM | 30 min | 12h 17m |
| October | 7:25 AM | 7:00 PM | 6:29 PM – 7:00 PM | 31 min | 11h 35m |
| November | 6:43 AM | 5:40 PM | 5:07 PM – 5:40 PM | 33 min | 10h 57m |
| December | 7:03 AM | 5:41 PM | 5:07 PM – 5:41 PM | 34 min | 10h 38m |
Golden hour is not the same length all year in Key West. It is longest in December at about 34 minutes and shortest in March at about 30 minutes — a difference of 4 minutes of usable warm light per evening.
Key West gets 3h 01m more daylight on the longest day than the shortest. Sunset moves from 5:41 PM in December to 8:17 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 8:42 PM, and in December until about 6:06 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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