Lehigh Acres's golden hour is short, specific, and worth planning around. The times below are computed live for Lehigh Acres's exact coordinates (26.6254, -81.6248) and update automatically for any date you pick — sunset, sunrise, golden hour and blue hour, all in local time. On this side of the country, sunrise is the underrated window — the sun comes up over the Atlantic side and morning golden hour is quieter than the evening one.
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: Shoot with the sun behind your subject during golden hour and expose for the face — the rim light does the rest.
In Lehigh Acres, sunset ranges from 5:33 PM in November to 8:23 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 Lehigh Acres (America/New_York).
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:16 AM | 5:55 PM | 5:22 PM – 5:55 PM | 33 min | 10h 39m |
| February | 7:02 AM | 6:19 PM | 5:47 PM – 6:19 PM | 32 min | 11h 17m |
| March | 7:35 AM | 7:35 PM | 7:04 PM – 7:35 PM | 31 min | 12h 00m |
| April | 7:02 AM | 7:50 PM | 7:19 PM – 7:50 PM | 31 min | 12h 48m |
| May | 6:39 AM | 8:06 PM | 7:34 PM – 8:06 PM | 32 min | 13h 28m |
| June | 6:32 AM | 8:21 PM | 7:47 PM – 8:21 PM | 34 min | 13h 48m |
| July | 6:42 AM | 8:21 PM | 7:48 PM – 8:21 PM | 33 min | 13h 39m |
| August | 6:58 AM | 8:03 PM | 7:31 PM – 8:03 PM | 32 min | 13h 05m |
| September | 7:12 AM | 7:30 PM | 7:00 PM – 7:30 PM | 30 min | 12h 19m |
| October | 7:25 AM | 6:58 PM | 6:27 PM – 6:58 PM | 31 min | 11h 32m |
| November | 6:45 AM | 5:36 PM | 5:03 PM – 5:36 PM | 33 min | 10h 50m |
| December | 7:07 AM | 5:36 PM | 5:01 PM – 5:36 PM | 35 min | 10h 29m |
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.
