Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for Yakima, WA. 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.
Golden hour in Yakima is the hour before sunset — and sunset here runs from 4:14 PM in December to 8:59 PM in June. The table below gives the exact window for every month, in Yakima's own time zone.
Use the live times above for today's exact window. As a rule, evening golden hour in Yakima starts about 47 minutes before sunset and ends at sunset. In June that is 8:10 PM – 8:57 PM; in December it is 3:23 PM – 4:14 PM.
Sunset in Yakima is earliest at 4:14 PM on December 5 and latest at 8:59 PM on June 21, a swing of about 5 hours across the year.
Golden hour lasts about 47 minutes in midsummer and 51 minutes in midwinter. The longest evening golden hour falls in December at about 51 minutes; the shortest is in March at about 40 minutes.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:41 AM | 4:41 PM | 3:53 PM – 4:41 PM | 48 min | 9h 00m |
| February | 7:05 AM | 5:27 PM | 4:44 PM – 5:27 PM | 43 min | 10h 22m |
| March | 7:14 AM | 7:08 PM | 6:28 PM – 7:08 PM | 40 min | 11h 54m |
| April | 6:14 AM | 7:50 PM | 7:09 PM – 7:50 PM | 41 min | 13h 36m |
| May | 5:27 AM | 8:29 PM | 7:45 PM – 8:29 PM | 44 min | 15h 02m |
| June | 5:08 AM | 8:57 PM | 8:10 PM – 8:57 PM | 47 min | 15h 49m |
| July | 5:23 AM | 8:51 PM | 8:06 PM – 8:51 PM | 45 min | 15h 28m |
| August | 6:00 AM | 8:11 PM | 7:29 PM – 8:11 PM | 42 min | 14h 11m |
| September | 6:40 AM | 7:13 PM | 6:33 PM – 7:13 PM | 40 min | 12h 33m |
| October | 7:19 AM | 6:14 PM | 5:33 PM – 6:14 PM | 41 min | 10h 55m |
| November | 7:04 AM | 4:28 PM | 3:41 PM – 4:28 PM | 47 min | 9h 24m |
| December | 7:39 AM | 4:14 PM | 3:23 PM – 4:14 PM | 51 min | 8h 35m |
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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