Ventura's golden hour is short, specific, and worth planning around. The times below are computed live for Ventura's exact coordinates (34.2783, -119.2932) and update automatically for any date you pick — sunset, sunrise, golden hour and blue hour, all in local time. With a west-facing coastline nearby, evenings are the show — the sun drops toward the Pacific and the last hour of light runs warm and long.
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 Ventura, sunset ranges from 4:47 PM in November to 8:13 PM in June. All times local to Ventura (America/Los_Angeles).
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:02 AM | 5:10 PM | 4:33 PM – 5:10 PM | 37 min | 10h 08m |
| February | 6:41 AM | 5:41 PM | 5:06 PM – 5:41 PM | 35 min | 10h 59m |
| March | 7:07 AM | 7:03 PM | 6:30 PM – 7:03 PM | 33 min | 11h 56m |
| April | 6:20 AM | 7:26 PM | 6:52 PM – 7:26 PM | 34 min | 13h 06m |
| May | 5:47 AM | 7:48 PM | 7:11 PM – 7:48 PM | 37 min | 14h 01m |
| June | 5:37 AM | 8:06 PM | 7:28 PM – 8:06 PM | 38 min | 14h 29m |
| July | 5:50 AM | 8:04 PM | 7:26 PM – 8:04 PM | 38 min | 14h 14m |
| August | 6:14 AM | 7:38 PM | 7:03 PM – 7:38 PM | 35 min | 13h 24m |
| September | 6:39 AM | 6:56 PM | 6:23 PM – 6:56 PM | 33 min | 12h 17m |
| October | 7:03 AM | 6:13 PM | 5:38 PM – 6:13 PM | 35 min | 11h 10m |
| November | 6:33 AM | 4:56 PM | 4:19 PM – 4:56 PM | 37 min | 10h 23m |
| December | 6:59 AM | 4:52 PM | 4:13 PM – 4:52 PM | 39 min | 9h 53m |
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.
