Photographers plan around two windows: the hour after sunrise and the hour before sunset. Here are both for Laredo — computed live for its exact coordinates, accurate for any date you pick. Note the times below account for Laredo's latitude — golden hour runs longer in winter and shorter at midsummer than most charts assume.
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 Laredo, sunset ranges from 5:43 PM in November to 8:37 PM in June. Evening golden hour lasts about 34 minutes at the summer solstice and 35 minutes at the winter solstice. Times below are local to Laredo (America/Chicago).
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:29 AM | 6:05 PM | 5:31 PM – 6:05 PM | 34 min | 10h 36m |
| February | 7:14 AM | 6:29 PM | 5:57 PM – 6:29 PM | 32 min | 11h 15m |
| March | 7:47 AM | 7:46 PM | 7:15 PM – 7:46 PM | 31 min | 11h 59m |
| April | 7:13 AM | 8:02 PM | 7:31 PM – 8:02 PM | 31 min | 12h 50m |
| May | 6:49 AM | 8:19 PM | 7:47 PM – 8:19 PM | 32 min | 13h 31m |
| June | 6:42 AM | 8:34 PM | 8:00 PM – 8:34 PM | 34 min | 13h 52m |
| July | 6:52 AM | 8:35 PM | 8:01 PM – 8:35 PM | 34 min | 13h 43m |
| August | 7:08 AM | 8:15 PM | 7:43 PM – 8:15 PM | 32 min | 13h 07m |
| September | 7:23 AM | 7:42 PM | 7:11 PM – 7:42 PM | 31 min | 12h 19m |
| October | 7:38 AM | 7:08 PM | 6:37 PM – 7:08 PM | 31 min | 11h 31m |
| November | 6:58 AM | 5:46 PM | 5:12 PM – 5:46 PM | 34 min | 10h 47m |
| December | 7:20 AM | 5:45 PM | 5:10 PM – 5:45 PM | 35 min | 10h 25m |
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.
