Whether you're shooting portraits, real estate or just chasing a good sky, this is when the light works in Sioux Falls. Every time below is computed live for Sioux Falls's coordinates and updates for any date.
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 tip: Arrive 30 minutes before the golden hour window opens. Setup always takes longer than planned, and the first ten minutes of good light are often the best.
Golden hour in Sioux Falls is the hour before sunset — and sunset here runs from 4:50 PM in December to 9:12 PM in June. The table below gives the exact window for every month, in Sioux Falls's own time zone.
Use the live times above for today's exact window. As a rule, evening golden hour in Sioux Falls starts about 43 minutes before sunset and ends at sunset. In June that is 8:26 PM – 9:09 PM; in December it is 4:04 PM – 4:51 PM.
Sunset in Sioux Falls is earliest at 4:50 PM on December 3 and latest at 9:12 PM on June 23, a swing of about 4 hours across the year.
Golden hour lasts about 43 minutes in midsummer and 47 minutes in midwinter. The longest evening golden hour falls in December at about 47 minutes; the shortest is in September at about 37 minutes.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:56 AM | 5:16 PM | 4:31 PM – 5:16 PM | 45 min | 9h 19m |
| February | 7:25 AM | 5:57 PM | 5:17 PM – 5:57 PM | 40 min | 10h 32m |
| March | 7:38 AM | 7:33 PM | 6:55 PM – 7:33 PM | 38 min | 11h 55m |
| April | 6:44 AM | 8:10 PM | 7:31 PM – 8:10 PM | 39 min | 13h 26m |
| May | 6:02 AM | 8:45 PM | 8:03 PM – 8:45 PM | 42 min | 14h 43m |
| June | 5:45 AM | 9:09 PM | 8:26 PM – 9:09 PM | 43 min | 15h 25m |
| July | 5:59 AM | 9:05 PM | 8:23 PM – 9:05 PM | 42 min | 15h 06m |
| August | 6:31 AM | 8:30 PM | 7:50 PM – 8:30 PM | 40 min | 13h 58m |
| September | 7:06 AM | 7:36 PM | 6:59 PM – 7:36 PM | 37 min | 12h 30m |
| October | 7:41 AM | 6:43 PM | 6:04 PM – 6:43 PM | 39 min | 11h 02m |
| November | 7:20 AM | 5:01 PM | 4:18 PM – 5:01 PM | 43 min | 9h 41m |
| December | 7:53 AM | 4:51 PM | 4:04 PM – 4:51 PM | 47 min | 8h 58m |
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.
