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Golden Hour in League City, TX

Great light in League City isn't luck — it's timing. This page calculates today's sunset, sunrise, golden hour and blue hour for League City's exact location, live, and works for any date you choose. Note the times below account for League City'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.

Where to shoot it

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.

Golden hour in League City is the hour before sunset — and sunset here runs from 5:21 PM in November to 8:24 PM in June. The table below gives the exact window for every month, in League City's own time zone.

What time is golden hour in League City today?

Use the live times above for today's exact window. As a rule, evening golden hour in League City starts about 34 minutes before sunset and ends at sunset. In June that is 7:47 PM – 8:21 PM; in December it is 4:47 PM – 5:23 PM.

What time is sunset in League City?

Sunset in League City is earliest at 5:21 PM on November 25 and latest at 8:24 PM on June 25, a swing of about 3 hours across the year.

How long does golden hour last in League City?

Golden hour lasts about 34 minutes in midsummer and 36 minutes in midwinter. The longest evening golden hour falls in December at about 36 minutes; the shortest is in March at about 31 minutes.

Month-by-month times for League City

MonthSunriseSunsetGolden hour (evening)LengthDaylight
January7:15 AM5:44 PM5:09 PM – 5:44 PM35 min10h 28m
February6:59 AM6:09 PM5:37 PM – 6:09 PM32 min11h 10m
March7:30 AM7:28 PM6:57 PM – 7:28 PM31 min11h 59m
April6:53 AM7:47 PM7:15 PM – 7:47 PM32 min12h 53m
May6:27 AM8:06 PM7:32 PM – 8:06 PM34 min13h 38m
June6:20 AM8:21 PM7:47 PM – 8:21 PM34 min14h 02m
July6:30 AM8:21 PM7:47 PM – 8:21 PM34 min13h 51m
August6:48 AM8:00 PM7:28 PM – 8:00 PM32 min13h 12m
September7:05 AM7:25 PM6:53 PM – 7:25 PM32 min12h 20m
October7:21 AM6:49 PM6:17 PM – 6:49 PM32 min11h 28m
November6:44 AM5:25 PM4:50 PM – 5:25 PM35 min10h 40m
December7:07 AM5:23 PM4:47 PM – 5:23 PM36 min10h 16m

The year at a glance

  • Earliest sunset: 5:21 PM on November 25
  • Latest sunset: 8:24 PM on June 25
  • Longest day: 14h 02m on June 21
  • Shortest day: 10h 15m on December 21
  • Golden hour length: about 34 minutes in June, 36 minutes in December
  • Time zone: America/Chicago

What is golden hour?

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.

Chasing the light for a shoot?

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.