Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for Redwood City, 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.
Golden hour in Redwood City is the hour before sunset — and sunset here runs from 4:50 PM in December to 8:34 PM in June. The table below gives the exact window for every month, in Redwood City's own time zone.
Use the live times above for today's exact window. As a rule, evening golden hour in Redwood City starts about 39 minutes before sunset and ends at sunset. In June that is 7:52 PM – 8:31 PM; in December it is 4:11 PM – 4:52 PM.
Sunset in Redwood City is earliest at 4:50 PM on December 2 and latest at 8:34 PM on June 25, a swing of about 4 hours across the year.
Golden hour lasts about 39 minutes in midsummer and 41 minutes in midwinter. The longest evening golden hour falls in December at about 41 minutes; the shortest is in March at about 35 minutes.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:22 AM | 5:14 PM | 4:35 PM – 5:14 PM | 39 min | 9h 53m |
| February | 6:57 AM | 5:48 PM | 5:12 PM – 5:48 PM | 36 min | 10h 51m |
| March | 7:19 AM | 7:16 PM | 6:41 PM – 7:16 PM | 35 min | 11h 57m |
| April | 6:33 AM | 7:44 PM | 7:09 PM – 7:44 PM | 35 min | 13h 11m |
| May | 5:59 AM | 8:11 PM | 7:34 PM – 8:11 PM | 37 min | 14h 12m |
| June | 5:47 AM | 8:31 PM | 7:52 PM – 8:31 PM | 39 min | 14h 44m |
| July | 6:00 AM | 8:29 PM | 7:51 PM – 8:29 PM | 38 min | 14h 30m |
| August | 6:25 AM | 8:01 PM | 7:25 PM – 8:01 PM | 36 min | 13h 36m |
| September | 6:51 AM | 7:16 PM | 6:41 PM – 7:16 PM | 35 min | 12h 25m |
| October | 7:17 AM | 6:31 PM | 5:56 PM – 6:31 PM | 35 min | 11h 14m |
| November | 6:48 AM | 4:58 PM | 4:19 PM – 4:58 PM | 39 min | 10h 09m |
| December | 7:16 AM | 4:52 PM | 4:11 PM – 4:52 PM | 41 min | 9h 36m |
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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