Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for Topeka, KS. 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 Topeka, sunset ranges from 5:00 PM in November to 8:52 PM in June. Every time on this page is calculated for Topeka's coordinates (39.0483, -95.678) and shown in America/Chicago.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:40 AM | 5:24 PM | 4:43 PM – 5:24 PM | 41 min | 9h 45m |
| February | 7:13 AM | 6:00 PM | 5:23 PM – 6:00 PM | 37 min | 10h 46m |
| March | 7:33 AM | 7:29 PM | 6:54 PM – 7:29 PM | 35 min | 11h 56m |
| April | 6:45 AM | 8:00 PM | 7:24 PM – 8:00 PM | 36 min | 13h 14m |
| May | 6:09 AM | 8:28 PM | 7:50 PM – 8:28 PM | 38 min | 14h 19m |
| June | 5:56 AM | 8:50 PM | 8:10 PM – 8:50 PM | 40 min | 14h 54m |
| July | 6:09 AM | 8:47 PM | 8:08 PM – 8:47 PM | 39 min | 14h 38m |
| August | 6:36 AM | 8:17 PM | 7:40 PM – 8:17 PM | 37 min | 13h 41m |
| September | 7:04 AM | 7:30 PM | 6:55 PM – 7:30 PM | 35 min | 12h 27m |
| October | 7:32 AM | 6:43 PM | 6:07 PM – 6:43 PM | 36 min | 11h 11m |
| November | 7:05 AM | 5:08 PM | 4:29 PM – 5:08 PM | 39 min | 10h 03m |
| December | 7:34 AM | 5:01 PM | 4:19 PM – 5:01 PM | 42 min | 9h 27m |
Golden hour is not the same length all year in Topeka. It is longest in December at about 42 minutes and shortest in March at about 35 minutes — a difference of 7 minutes of usable warm light per evening.
Topeka gets 5h 27m more daylight on the longest day than the shortest. Sunset moves from 5:01 PM in December to 8:50 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 9:22 PM, and in December until about 5:31 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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