Great light in Tempe isn't luck — it's timing. This page calculates today's sunset, sunrise, golden hour and blue hour for Tempe's exact location, live, and works for any date you choose.
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: Reflections double golden hour: water, glass buildings and wet pavement all pick up the sky's color in the hour around sunset.
In Tempe, sunset ranges from 5:19 PM in November to 7:41 PM in June. All times local to Tempe (America/Phoenix).
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:31 AM | 5:43 PM | 5:06 PM – 5:43 PM | 37 min | 10h 12m |
| February | 7:11 AM | 6:12 PM | 5:38 PM – 6:12 PM | 34 min | 11h 01m |
| March | 6:37 AM | 6:35 PM | 6:02 PM – 6:35 PM | 33 min | 11h 58m |
| April | 5:57 AM | 6:58 PM | 6:25 PM – 6:58 PM | 33 min | 13h 01m |
| May | 5:27 AM | 7:21 PM | 6:45 PM – 7:21 PM | 36 min | 13h 54m |
| June | 5:17 AM | 7:39 PM | 7:02 PM – 7:39 PM | 37 min | 14h 21m |
| July | 5:29 AM | 7:38 PM | 7:02 PM – 7:38 PM | 36 min | 14h 09m |
| August | 5:50 AM | 7:13 PM | 6:39 PM – 7:13 PM | 34 min | 13h 23m |
| September | 6:11 AM | 6:33 PM | 6:01 PM – 6:33 PM | 32 min | 12h 23m |
| October | 6:32 AM | 5:53 PM | 5:20 PM – 5:53 PM | 33 min | 11h 21m |
| November | 6:59 AM | 5:25 PM | 4:49 PM – 5:25 PM | 36 min | 10h 26m |
| December | 7:24 AM | 5:21 PM | 4:43 PM – 5:21 PM | 38 min | 9h 57m |
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.
