Great light in Richardson isn't luck — it's timing. This page calculates today's sunset, sunrise, golden hour and blue hour for Richardson's exact location, live, and works for any date you choose. Note the times below account for Richardson'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: Reflections double golden hour: water, glass buildings and wet pavement all pick up the sky's color in the hour around sunset.
In Richardson, sunset ranges from 5:19 PM in December to 8:39 PM in June. Evening golden hour lasts about 37 minutes at the summer solstice and 37 minutes at the winter solstice. Times below are local to Richardson (America/Chicago).
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:29 AM | 5:43 PM | 5:06 PM – 5:43 PM | 37 min | 10h 14m |
| February | 7:10 AM | 6:12 PM | 5:38 PM – 6:12 PM | 34 min | 11h 02m |
| March | 7:37 AM | 7:34 PM | 7:02 PM – 7:34 PM | 32 min | 11h 58m |
| April | 6:56 AM | 7:57 PM | 7:24 PM – 7:57 PM | 33 min | 13h 00m |
| May | 6:27 AM | 8:19 PM | 7:44 PM – 8:19 PM | 35 min | 13h 52m |
| June | 6:18 AM | 8:37 PM | 8:00 PM – 8:37 PM | 37 min | 14h 19m |
| July | 6:29 AM | 8:36 PM | 8:00 PM – 8:36 PM | 36 min | 14h 07m |
| August | 6:50 AM | 8:12 PM | 7:38 PM – 8:12 PM | 34 min | 13h 22m |
| September | 7:10 AM | 7:32 PM | 7:00 PM – 7:32 PM | 32 min | 12h 22m |
| October | 7:31 AM | 6:53 PM | 6:20 PM – 6:53 PM | 33 min | 11h 22m |
| November | 6:57 AM | 5:25 PM | 4:49 PM – 5:25 PM | 36 min | 10h 28m |
| December | 7:22 AM | 5:21 PM | 4:44 PM – 5:21 PM | 37 min | 10h 00m |
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.
