Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for Springfield, MA. 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 Springfield, sunset ranges from 4:18 PM in December to 8:30 PM in June. Every time on this page is calculated for Springfield's coordinates (42.1015, -72.5898) and shown in America/New_York.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:16 AM | 4:43 PM | 4:00 PM – 4:43 PM | 43 min | 9h 28m |
| February | 6:46 AM | 5:23 PM | 4:44 PM – 5:23 PM | 39 min | 10h 37m |
| March | 7:02 AM | 6:56 PM | 6:19 PM – 6:56 PM | 37 min | 11h 55m |
| April | 6:09 AM | 7:31 PM | 6:54 PM – 7:31 PM | 37 min | 13h 22m |
| May | 5:29 AM | 8:04 PM | 7:24 PM – 8:04 PM | 40 min | 14h 35m |
| June | 5:13 AM | 8:28 PM | 7:45 PM – 8:28 PM | 43 min | 15h 14m |
| July | 5:27 AM | 8:24 PM | 7:43 PM – 8:24 PM | 41 min | 14h 57m |
| August | 5:58 AM | 7:50 PM | 7:12 PM – 7:50 PM | 38 min | 13h 53m |
| September | 6:30 AM | 6:59 PM | 6:22 PM – 6:59 PM | 37 min | 12h 29m |
| October | 7:03 AM | 6:08 PM | 5:30 PM – 6:08 PM | 38 min | 11h 06m |
| November | 6:40 AM | 4:28 PM | 3:47 PM – 4:28 PM | 41 min | 9h 48m |
| December | 7:11 AM | 4:19 PM | 3:34 PM – 4:19 PM | 45 min | 9h 08m |
Golden hour is not the same length all year in Springfield. It is longest in December at about 45 minutes and shortest in March at about 37 minutes — a difference of 8 minutes of usable warm light per evening.
Springfield gets 6h 06m more daylight on the longest day than the shortest. Sunset moves from 4:19 PM in December to 8:28 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 9:02 PM, and in December until about 4:51 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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