Gulf-coast humidity gives Tampa thick, colorful evening light. Golden hour here often outperforms the forecast — hazy days can erupt into color at the last ten minutes. The times below are computed live for Tampa'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: Bayshore Boulevard's open balustrade. Arrive 30 minutes before the window opens to set up, and keep shooting into blue hour — it's shorter than you think.
In Tampa, sunset ranges from 5:33 PM in November to 8:30 PM in June. All times local to Tampa (America/New_York).
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:22 AM | 5:56 PM | 5:22 PM – 5:56 PM | 34 min | 10h 34m |
| February | 7:07 AM | 6:20 PM | 5:48 PM – 6:20 PM | 32 min | 11h 14m |
| March | 7:39 AM | 7:38 PM | 7:07 PM – 7:38 PM | 31 min | 11h 59m |
| April | 7:04 AM | 7:55 PM | 7:23 PM – 7:55 PM | 32 min | 12h 50m |
| May | 6:40 AM | 8:12 PM | 7:39 PM – 8:12 PM | 33 min | 13h 32m |
| June | 6:33 AM | 8:27 PM | 7:53 PM – 8:27 PM | 34 min | 13h 54m |
| July | 6:43 AM | 8:28 PM | 7:54 PM – 8:28 PM | 34 min | 13h 45m |
| August | 7:00 AM | 8:08 PM | 7:36 PM – 8:08 PM | 32 min | 13h 08m |
| September | 7:15 AM | 7:34 PM | 7:03 PM – 7:34 PM | 31 min | 12h 19m |
| October | 7:30 AM | 7:00 PM | 6:28 PM – 7:00 PM | 32 min | 11h 30m |
| November | 6:51 AM | 5:37 PM | 5:03 PM – 5:37 PM | 34 min | 10h 46m |
| December | 7:13 AM | 5:36 PM | 5:01 PM – 5:36 PM | 35 min | 10h 23m |
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.
