Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for San Jose, 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 San Jose, sunset ranges from 4:49 PM in December to 8:32 PM in June. Every time on this page is calculated for San Jose's coordinates (37.3394, -121.895) and shown in America/Los_Angeles.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:20 AM | 5:13 PM | 4:34 PM – 5:13 PM | 39 min | 9h 53m |
| February | 6:56 AM | 5:47 PM | 5:11 PM – 5:47 PM | 36 min | 10h 51m |
| March | 7:18 AM | 7:15 PM | 6:40 PM – 7:15 PM | 35 min | 11h 57m |
| April | 6:32 AM | 7:42 PM | 7:07 PM – 7:42 PM | 35 min | 13h 10m |
| May | 5:58 AM | 8:09 PM | 7:32 PM – 8:09 PM | 37 min | 14h 11m |
| June | 5:46 AM | 8:30 PM | 7:51 PM – 8:30 PM | 39 min | 14h 44m |
| July | 5:59 AM | 8:27 PM | 7:49 PM – 8:27 PM | 38 min | 14h 29m |
| August | 6:24 AM | 7:59 PM | 7:23 PM – 7:59 PM | 36 min | 13h 35m |
| September | 6:49 AM | 7:14 PM | 6:40 PM – 7:14 PM | 34 min | 12h 25m |
| October | 7:15 AM | 6:30 PM | 5:54 PM – 6:30 PM | 36 min | 11h 15m |
| November | 6:47 AM | 4:57 PM | 4:18 PM – 4:57 PM | 39 min | 10h 10m |
| December | 7:14 AM | 4:51 PM | 4:10 PM – 4:51 PM | 41 min | 9h 36m |
Golden hour is not the same length all year in San Jose. It is longest in December at about 41 minutes and shortest in September at about 34 minutes — a difference of 7 minutes of usable warm light per evening.
San Jose gets 5h 08m more daylight on the longest day than the shortest. Sunset moves from 4:51 PM in December to 8:30 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 9:01 PM, and in December until about 5:20 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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