Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for Spokane Valley, WA. 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 Spokane Valley is the hour before sunset — and sunset here runs from 3:57 PM in December to 8:51 PM in June. The table below gives the exact window for every month, in Spokane Valley's own time zone.
Use the live times above for today's exact window. As a rule, evening golden hour in Spokane Valley starts about 48 minutes before sunset and ends at sunset. In June that is 8:00 PM – 8:48 PM; in December it is 3:04 PM – 3:57 PM.
Sunset in Spokane Valley is earliest at 3:57 PM on December 5 and latest at 8:51 PM on June 23, a swing of about 5 hours across the year.
Golden hour lasts about 48 minutes in midsummer and 53 minutes in midwinter. The longest evening golden hour falls in December at about 53 minutes; the shortest is in September at about 40 minutes.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:32 AM | 4:24 PM | 3:34 PM – 4:24 PM | 50 min | 8h 52m |
| February | 6:54 AM | 5:12 PM | 4:28 PM – 5:12 PM | 44 min | 10h 18m |
| March | 7:01 AM | 6:54 PM | 6:13 PM – 6:54 PM | 41 min | 11h 53m |
| April | 5:59 AM | 7:39 PM | 6:57 PM – 7:39 PM | 42 min | 13h 39m |
| May | 5:11 AM | 8:20 PM | 7:35 PM – 8:20 PM | 45 min | 15h 09m |
| June | 4:50 AM | 8:48 PM | 8:00 PM – 8:48 PM | 48 min | 15h 59m |
| July | 5:06 AM | 8:42 PM | 7:56 PM – 8:42 PM | 46 min | 15h 36m |
| August | 5:44 AM | 8:01 PM | 7:18 PM – 8:01 PM | 43 min | 14h 16m |
| September | 6:26 AM | 7:00 PM | 6:20 PM – 7:00 PM | 40 min | 12h 34m |
| October | 7:08 AM | 6:00 PM | 5:18 PM – 6:00 PM | 42 min | 10h 52m |
| November | 6:54 AM | 4:12 PM | 3:24 PM – 4:12 PM | 48 min | 9h 17m |
| December | 7:30 AM | 3:57 PM | 3:04 PM – 3:57 PM | 53 min | 8h 27m |
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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