Whether you're shooting portraits, real estate or just chasing a good sky, this is when the light works in Olathe. Every time below is computed live for Olathe's coordinates and updates for any date.
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: Reflections double golden hour: water, glass buildings and wet pavement all pick up the sky's color in the hour around sunset.
In Olathe, sunset ranges from 4:57 PM in November to 8:48 PM in June. Evening golden hour lasts about 40 minutes at the summer solstice and 42 minutes at the winter solstice. Times below are local to Olathe (America/Chicago).
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:36 AM | 5:21 PM | 4:41 PM – 5:21 PM | 40 min | 9h 45m |
| February | 7:10 AM | 5:56 PM | 5:19 PM – 5:56 PM | 37 min | 10h 47m |
| March | 7:30 AM | 7:26 PM | 6:51 PM – 7:26 PM | 35 min | 11h 56m |
| April | 6:42 AM | 7:56 PM | 7:20 PM – 7:56 PM | 36 min | 13h 14m |
| May | 6:06 AM | 8:25 PM | 7:47 PM – 8:25 PM | 38 min | 14h 18m |
| June | 5:53 AM | 8:46 PM | 8:06 PM – 8:46 PM | 40 min | 14h 53m |
| July | 6:06 AM | 8:43 PM | 8:04 PM – 8:43 PM | 39 min | 14h 37m |
| August | 6:33 AM | 8:13 PM | 7:37 PM – 8:13 PM | 36 min | 13h 41m |
| September | 7:00 AM | 7:27 PM | 6:52 PM – 7:27 PM | 35 min | 12h 27m |
| October | 7:28 AM | 6:40 PM | 6:04 PM – 6:40 PM | 36 min | 11h 12m |
| November | 7:02 AM | 5:05 PM | 4:26 PM – 5:05 PM | 39 min | 10h 03m |
| December | 7:30 AM | 4:58 PM | 4:16 PM – 4:58 PM | 42 min | 9h 28m |
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.
