Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for New Orleans, LA. 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 New Orleans, sunset ranges from 5:00 PM in November to 8:05 PM in June. Every time on this page is calculated for New Orleans's coordinates (29.9511, -90.0715) and shown in America/Chicago.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6:56 AM | 5:23 PM | 4:47 PM – 5:23 PM | 36 min | 10h 26m |
| February | 6:39 AM | 5:49 PM | 5:16 PM – 5:49 PM | 33 min | 11h 09m |
| March | 7:09 AM | 7:08 PM | 6:37 PM – 7:08 PM | 31 min | 11h 59m |
| April | 6:33 AM | 7:27 PM | 6:55 PM – 7:27 PM | 32 min | 12h 54m |
| May | 6:06 AM | 7:46 PM | 7:13 PM – 7:46 PM | 33 min | 13h 40m |
| June | 5:58 AM | 8:02 PM | 7:27 PM – 8:02 PM | 35 min | 14h 04m |
| July | 6:09 AM | 8:02 PM | 7:28 PM – 8:02 PM | 34 min | 13h 53m |
| August | 6:27 AM | 7:41 PM | 7:08 PM – 7:41 PM | 33 min | 13h 13m |
| September | 6:44 AM | 7:05 PM | 6:33 PM – 7:05 PM | 32 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 | 4:29 PM – 5:04 PM | 35 min | 10h 39m |
| December | 6:48 AM | 5:02 PM | 4:26 PM – 5:02 PM | 36 min | 10h 14m |
Golden hour is not the same length all year in New Orleans. It is longest in January at about 36 minutes and shortest in March at about 31 minutes — a difference of 5 minutes of usable warm light per evening.
New Orleans gets 3h 50m more daylight on the longest day than the shortest. Sunset moves from 5:02 PM in December to 8:02 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 8:30 PM, and in December until about 5:28 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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