On the east coast, Savannah's best golden light comes at dawn — the sun climbs out of the ocean and side-lights the waterfront. Set an early alarm; this calculator tells you exactly how early. The times below are computed live for Savannah's exact coordinates and update automatically for any date you pick.
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 golden hour spot: the marsh flats along the Islands Expressway. Arrive 30 minutes before the window opens to set up, and keep shooting into blue hour — it's shorter than you think.
In Savannah, sunset ranges from 5:19 PM in November to 8:34 PM in June. Evening golden hour lasts about 36 minutes at the summer solstice and 37 minutes at the winter solstice. Times below are local to Savannah (America/New_York).
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:25 AM | 5:42 PM | 5:06 PM – 5:42 PM | 36 min | 10h 17m |
| February | 7:06 AM | 6:10 PM | 5:37 PM – 6:10 PM | 33 min | 11h 04m |
| March | 7:34 AM | 7:32 PM | 7:00 PM – 7:32 PM | 32 min | 11h 58m |
| April | 6:55 AM | 7:53 PM | 7:21 PM – 7:53 PM | 32 min | 12h 58m |
| May | 6:26 AM | 8:15 PM | 7:40 PM – 8:15 PM | 35 min | 13h 48m |
| June | 6:17 AM | 8:32 PM | 7:56 PM – 8:32 PM | 36 min | 14h 15m |
| July | 6:28 AM | 8:31 PM | 7:56 PM – 8:31 PM | 35 min | 14h 03m |
| August | 6:48 AM | 8:08 PM | 7:34 PM – 8:08 PM | 34 min | 13h 19m |
| September | 7:08 AM | 7:30 PM | 6:57 PM – 7:30 PM | 33 min | 12h 22m |
| October | 7:27 AM | 6:51 PM | 6:18 PM – 6:51 PM | 33 min | 11h 24m |
| November | 6:53 AM | 5:24 PM | 4:49 PM – 5:24 PM | 35 min | 10h 31m |
| December | 7:17 AM | 5:21 PM | 4:44 PM – 5:21 PM | 37 min | 10h 04m |
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.
