Whether you're shooting portraits, real estate or just chasing a good sky, this is when the light works in Metairie Terrace. Every time below is computed live for Metairie Terrace's coordinates and updates for any date. Note the times below account for Metairie Terrace'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.
Golden hour in Metairie Terrace is the hour before sunset — and sunset here runs from 5:00 PM in November to 8:05 PM in June. The table below gives the exact window for every month, in Metairie Terrace's own time zone.
Use the live times above for today's exact window. As a rule, evening golden hour in Metairie Terrace starts about 35 minutes before sunset and ends at sunset. In June that is 7:28 PM – 8:03 PM; in December it is 4:26 PM – 5:02 PM.
Sunset in Metairie Terrace is earliest at 5:00 PM on November 26 and latest at 8:05 PM on June 22, a swing of about 3 hours across the year.
Golden hour lasts about 35 minutes in midsummer and 36 minutes in midwinter. The longest evening golden hour falls in December at about 36 minutes; the shortest is in September at about 31 minutes.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6:57 AM | 5:23 PM | 4:48 PM – 5:23 PM | 35 min | 10h 26m |
| February | 6:40 AM | 5:49 PM | 5:16 PM – 5:49 PM | 33 min | 11h 09m |
| March | 7:10 AM | 7:09 PM | 6:37 PM – 7:09 PM | 32 min | 11h 59m |
| April | 6:33 AM | 7:28 PM | 6:55 PM – 7:28 PM | 33 min | 12h 54m |
| May | 6:07 AM | 7:47 PM | 7:13 PM – 7:47 PM | 34 min | 13h 40m |
| June | 5:59 AM | 8:03 PM | 7:28 PM – 8:03 PM | 35 min | 14h 04m |
| July | 6:09 AM | 8:03 PM | 7:28 PM – 8:03 PM | 35 min | 13h 53m |
| August | 6:28 AM | 7:41 PM | 7:09 PM – 7:41 PM | 32 min | 13h 13m |
| September | 6:45 AM | 7:05 PM | 6:34 PM – 7:05 PM | 31 min | 12h 21m |
| October | 7:02 AM | 6:29 PM | 5:57 PM – 6:29 PM | 32 min | 11h 27m |
| November | 6:25 AM | 5:04 PM | 4:30 PM – 5:04 PM | 34 min | 10h 39m |
| December | 6:48 AM | 5:02 PM | 4:26 PM – 5:02 PM | 36 min | 10h 14m |
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.
