Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for Santa Maria, 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 Santa Maria is the hour before sunset — and sunset here runs from 4:49 PM in December to 8:19 PM in June. The table below gives the exact window for every month, in Santa Maria's own time zone.
Use the live times above for today's exact window. As a rule, evening golden hour in Santa Maria starts about 38 minutes before sunset and ends at sunset. In June that is 7:39 PM – 8:17 PM; in December it is 4:12 PM – 4:51 PM.
Sunset in Santa Maria is earliest at 4:49 PM on December 3 and latest at 8:19 PM on June 22, a swing of about 3 hours across the year.
Golden hour lasts about 38 minutes in midsummer and 39 minutes in midwinter. The longest evening golden hour falls in December at about 39 minutes; the shortest is in March at about 33 minutes.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:09 AM | 5:13 PM | 4:35 PM – 5:13 PM | 38 min | 10h 05m |
| February | 6:47 AM | 5:44 PM | 5:09 PM – 5:44 PM | 35 min | 10h 57m |
| March | 7:12 AM | 7:09 PM | 6:36 PM – 7:09 PM | 33 min | 11h 57m |
| April | 6:29 AM | 7:34 PM | 7:00 PM – 7:34 PM | 34 min | 13h 05m |
| May | 5:58 AM | 7:58 PM | 7:22 PM – 7:58 PM | 36 min | 14h 00m |
| June | 5:47 AM | 8:17 PM | 7:39 PM – 8:17 PM | 38 min | 14h 30m |
| July | 5:59 AM | 8:15 PM | 7:39 PM – 8:15 PM | 36 min | 14h 16m |
| August | 6:22 AM | 7:49 PM | 7:15 PM – 7:49 PM | 34 min | 13h 28m |
| September | 6:44 AM | 7:08 PM | 6:34 PM – 7:08 PM | 34 min | 12h 24m |
| October | 7:07 AM | 6:26 PM | 5:52 PM – 6:26 PM | 34 min | 11h 19m |
| November | 6:36 AM | 4:56 PM | 4:19 PM – 4:56 PM | 37 min | 10h 20m |
| December | 7:02 AM | 4:51 PM | 4:12 PM – 4:51 PM | 39 min | 9h 49m |
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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