Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for Sarasota, FL. 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 Sarasota, sunset ranges from 5:35 PM in November to 8:29 PM in June. Every time on this page is calculated for Sarasota's coordinates (27.3364, -82.5307) and shown in America/New_York.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:21 AM | 5:58 PM | 5:23 PM – 5:58 PM | 35 min | 10h 37m |
| February | 7:06 AM | 6:21 PM | 5:49 PM – 6:21 PM | 32 min | 11h 15m |
| March | 7:39 AM | 7:38 PM | 7:08 PM – 7:38 PM | 30 min | 11h 59m |
| April | 7:05 AM | 7:54 PM | 7:23 PM – 7:54 PM | 31 min | 12h 49m |
| May | 6:41 AM | 8:11 PM | 7:38 PM – 8:11 PM | 33 min | 13h 30m |
| June | 6:34 AM | 8:26 PM | 7:52 PM – 8:26 PM | 34 min | 13h 52m |
| July | 6:45 AM | 8:27 PM | 7:53 PM – 8:27 PM | 34 min | 13h 42m |
| August | 7:01 AM | 8:07 PM | 7:35 PM – 8:07 PM | 32 min | 13h 06m |
| September | 7:15 AM | 7:34 PM | 7:03 PM – 7:34 PM | 31 min | 12h 19m |
| October | 7:30 AM | 7:01 PM | 6:29 PM – 7:01 PM | 32 min | 11h 31m |
| November | 6:50 AM | 5:38 PM | 5:05 PM – 5:38 PM | 33 min | 10h 48m |
| December | 7:12 AM | 5:38 PM | 5:03 PM – 5:38 PM | 35 min | 10h 26m |
Golden hour is not the same length all year in Sarasota. It is longest in January at about 35 minutes and shortest in March at about 30 minutes — a difference of 5 minutes of usable warm light per evening.
Sarasota gets 3h 26m more daylight on the longest day than the shortest. Sunset moves from 5:38 PM in December to 8:26 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 8:53 PM, and in December until about 6:03 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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