Round Rock's golden hour is short, specific, and worth planning around. The times below are computed live for Round Rock's exact coordinates (30.5083, -97.6789) and update automatically for any date you pick — sunset, sunrise, golden hour and blue hour, all in local time. Note the times below account for Round Rock'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: Arrive 30 minutes before the golden hour window opens. Setup always takes longer than planned, and the first ten minutes of good light are often the best.
Golden hour in Round Rock is the hour before sunset — and sunset here runs from 5:29 PM in November to 8:37 PM in June. The table below gives the exact window for every month, in Round Rock's own time zone.
Use the live times above for today's exact window. As a rule, evening golden hour in Round Rock starts about 35 minutes before sunset and ends at sunset. In June that is 7:59 PM – 8:34 PM; in December it is 4:55 PM – 5:31 PM.
Sunset in Round Rock is earliest at 5:29 PM on November 26 and latest at 8:37 PM on June 27, a swing of about 3 hours across the year.
Golden hour lasts about 35 minutes in midsummer and 36 minutes in midwinter. The longest evening golden hour falls in January at about 36 minutes; the shortest is in March at about 32 minutes.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:28 AM | 5:52 PM | 5:16 PM – 5:52 PM | 36 min | 10h 24m |
| February | 7:10 AM | 6:19 PM | 5:45 PM – 6:19 PM | 34 min | 11h 08m |
| March | 7:40 AM | 7:39 PM | 7:07 PM – 7:39 PM | 32 min | 11h 59m |
| April | 7:03 AM | 7:58 PM | 7:26 PM – 7:58 PM | 32 min | 12h 55m |
| May | 6:36 AM | 8:18 PM | 7:44 PM – 8:18 PM | 34 min | 13h 42m |
| June | 6:28 AM | 8:34 PM | 7:59 PM – 8:34 PM | 35 min | 14h 07m |
| July | 6:38 AM | 8:34 PM | 7:59 PM – 8:34 PM | 35 min | 13h 56m |
| August | 6:57 AM | 8:12 PM | 7:39 PM – 8:12 PM | 33 min | 13h 15m |
| September | 7:15 AM | 7:36 PM | 7:04 PM – 7:36 PM | 32 min | 12h 21m |
| October | 7:33 AM | 6:59 PM | 6:26 PM – 6:59 PM | 33 min | 11h 26m |
| November | 6:56 AM | 5:33 PM | 4:59 PM – 5:33 PM | 34 min | 10h 37m |
| December | 7:20 AM | 5:31 PM | 4:55 PM – 5:31 PM | 36 min | 10h 11m |
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.
