Great light in Syracuse isn't luck — it's timing. This page calculates today's sunset, sunrise, golden hour and blue hour for Syracuse's exact location, live, and works for any date you choose. On this side of the country, sunrise is the underrated window — the sun comes up over the Atlantic side and morning golden hour is quieter than the evening one.
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: Find an open west-facing view for sunset and an east-facing one for sunrise — buildings and hills eat the last 15 minutes of light in most city centers.
In Syracuse, sunset ranges from 4:29 PM in December to 8:48 PM in June. All times local to Syracuse (America/New_York).
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:33 AM | 4:55 PM | 4:11 PM – 4:55 PM | 44 min | 9h 22m |
| February | 7:02 AM | 5:35 PM | 4:56 PM – 5:35 PM | 39 min | 10h 34m |
| March | 7:16 AM | 7:11 PM | 6:33 PM – 7:11 PM | 38 min | 11h 55m |
| April | 6:22 AM | 7:47 PM | 7:09 PM – 7:47 PM | 38 min | 13h 25m |
| May | 5:41 AM | 8:21 PM | 7:40 PM – 8:21 PM | 41 min | 14h 40m |
| June | 5:24 AM | 8:45 PM | 8:02 PM – 8:45 PM | 43 min | 15h 21m |
| July | 5:39 AM | 8:41 PM | 7:59 PM – 8:41 PM | 42 min | 15h 03m |
| August | 6:10 AM | 8:06 PM | 7:27 PM – 8:06 PM | 39 min | 13h 56m |
| September | 6:44 AM | 7:14 PM | 6:37 PM – 7:14 PM | 37 min | 12h 30m |
| October | 7:18 AM | 6:21 PM | 5:43 PM – 6:21 PM | 38 min | 11h 03m |
| November | 6:57 AM | 4:40 PM | 3:58 PM – 4:40 PM | 42 min | 9h 44m |
| December | 7:29 AM | 4:30 PM | 3:44 PM – 4:30 PM | 46 min | 9h 01m |
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.
