Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for Newport Beach, CA. 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 Newport Beach, sunset ranges from 4:43 PM in November to 8:06 PM in June. Every time on this page is calculated for Newport Beach's coordinates (33.6189, -117.9298) and shown in America/Los_Angeles.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6:56 AM | 5:06 PM | 4:29 PM – 5:06 PM | 37 min | 10h 11m |
| February | 6:35 AM | 5:36 PM | 5:02 PM – 5:36 PM | 34 min | 11h 01m |
| March | 7:01 AM | 6:59 PM | 6:26 PM – 6:59 PM | 33 min | 11h 58m |
| April | 6:21 AM | 7:22 PM | 6:49 PM – 7:22 PM | 33 min | 13h 02m |
| May | 5:50 AM | 7:45 PM | 7:10 PM – 7:45 PM | 35 min | 13h 55m |
| June | 5:41 AM | 8:03 PM | 7:26 PM – 8:03 PM | 37 min | 14h 23m |
| July | 5:52 AM | 8:02 PM | 7:26 PM – 8:02 PM | 36 min | 14h 10m |
| August | 6:14 AM | 7:37 PM | 7:03 PM – 7:37 PM | 34 min | 13h 24m |
| September | 6:35 AM | 6:57 PM | 6:25 PM – 6:57 PM | 32 min | 12h 23m |
| October | 6:56 AM | 6:17 PM | 5:44 PM – 6:17 PM | 33 min | 11h 21m |
| November | 6:23 AM | 4:48 PM | 4:12 PM – 4:48 PM | 36 min | 10h 25m |
| December | 6:48 AM | 4:45 PM | 4:06 PM – 4:45 PM | 39 min | 9h 56m |
Golden hour is not the same length all year in Newport Beach. It is longest in December at about 39 minutes and shortest in September at about 32 minutes — a difference of 7 minutes of usable warm light per evening.
Newport Beach gets 4h 27m more daylight on the longest day than the shortest. Sunset moves from 4:45 PM in December to 8:03 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 8:32 PM, and in December until about 5:12 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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