Sun Times
Sunrise, sunset, day length & golden hour
What is it?
Sunrise and sunset times set the rhythm of the day — daylight for planning, golden hour for photography, and darkness onset for travel and safety. Day length shifts through the year as Earth's tilt carries your latitude toward or away from the sun.
How we measure it
Sunrise and sunset from Open-Meteo's astronomical calculation for your coordinates; day length and the golden-hour window are computed from those times and labeled as such.
The day's solar landmarks
- Sunrise −30 minCivil dawnLight enough for most outdoor activity
- Sunrise +1 hGolden hourSoft warm light; coolest part of the day
- Solar noon ±2 hPeak sunStrongest UV and heat — plan shade
- Sunset −1 hGolden hourSoft light returns; temperatures ease
- Sunset +30 minCivil duskFading light; switch on lights, high pedestrian risk
Within safe range
Scheduling exertion outside the solar-noon window and travel inside daylight is the simplest free safety measure weather data offers.
Beyond the range
The hours around solar noon concentrate both UV (see UV Index guide) and heat load. Dusk and dawn have the day's worst road-visibility casualties — eyes adapt slowly, and low sun angles blind drivers directly.
Precautions
- Plan strenuous outdoor work before the golden hour ends or after it returns.
- Driving at sunrise/sunset: sun visor, clean windscreen, extra following distance.
- Photographers: golden hour here is computed from your location's actual sun times.
- Use day length to plan hikes with a daylight margin — dusk arrives faster than expected.