In Seattle, golden hour works double duty — warm light rakes across the water while the hills and skyline hold shape. Stay 25 minutes past sunset for the harbor-lights blue hour. The times below are computed live for Seattle'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: Kerry Park on Queen Anne Hill. Arrive 30 minutes before the window opens to set up, and keep shooting into blue hour — it's shorter than you think.
In Seattle, sunset ranges from 4:17 PM in December to 9:11 PM in June. All times local to Seattle (America/Los_Angeles).
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:52 AM | 4:45 PM | 3:55 PM – 4:45 PM | 50 min | 8h 53m |
| February | 7:14 AM | 5:32 PM | 4:49 PM – 5:32 PM | 43 min | 10h 18m |
| March | 7:21 AM | 7:15 PM | 6:34 PM – 7:15 PM | 41 min | 11h 53m |
| April | 6:20 AM | 7:59 PM | 7:17 PM – 7:59 PM | 42 min | 13h 39m |
| May | 5:31 AM | 8:40 PM | 7:55 PM – 8:40 PM | 45 min | 15h 09m |
| June | 5:11 AM | 9:09 PM | 8:20 PM – 9:09 PM | 49 min | 15h 58m |
| July | 5:27 AM | 9:02 PM | 8:16 PM – 9:02 PM | 46 min | 15h 35m |
| August | 6:05 AM | 8:21 PM | 7:38 PM – 8:21 PM | 43 min | 14h 16m |
| September | 6:46 AM | 7:21 PM | 6:40 PM – 7:21 PM | 41 min | 12h 34m |
| October | 7:28 AM | 6:20 PM | 5:38 PM – 6:20 PM | 42 min | 10h 52m |
| November | 7:14 AM | 4:32 PM | 3:44 PM – 4:32 PM | 48 min | 9h 18m |
| December | 7:50 AM | 4:18 PM | 3:25 PM – 4:18 PM | 53 min | 8h 27m |
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.
