Golden hour in Kansas City
Golden hour in Kansas City starts at 20:07 on 15 June and runs 40 minutes; on 15 December it is 42 minutes from 16:15. The calculator above is preset to Kansas City — pick a date and sunrise, sunset, golden and blue hour for that exact shoot day are right there, exportable as a calendar entry.
Golden hour calculator for Kansas City
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Golden and blue hour in Kansas City: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Kansas City (39.0997, -94.5786) and the America/Chicago timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 35 minutes in March and 42 in December — schedule "an hour" and you are wrong in both.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 07:37 | 17:20 | 08:17 | 16:39 | 17:38 | 9h 43min |
| February | 07:11 | 17:56 | 07:48 | 17:19 | 18:13 | 10h 45min |
| March | 07:31 | 19:26 | 08:06 | 18:50 | 19:42 | 11h 55min |
| April | 06:42 | 19:56 | 07:18 | 19:20 | 20:13 | 13h 13min |
| May | 06:06 | 20:25 | 06:44 | 19:47 | 20:43 | 14h 19min |
| June | 05:53 | 20:47 | 06:33 | 20:07 | 21:06 | 14h 54min |
| July | 06:05 | 20:44 | 06:44 | 20:05 | 21:03 | 14h 39min |
| August | 06:32 | 20:15 | 07:09 | 19:38 | 20:32 | 13h 43min |
| September | 07:00 | 19:28 | 07:36 | 18:53 | 19:45 | 12h 28min |
| October | 07:28 | 18:41 | 08:05 | 18:05 | 18:58 | 11h 13min |
| November | 07:02 | 17:05 | 07:42 | 16:26 | 17:23 | 10h 03min |
| December | 07:31 | 16:57 | 08:13 | 16:15 | 17:16 | 9h 26min |
Fitting the window into the shoot day
The evening window is the reliable half: the crew is warmed up, the setup exists, and golden hour is the last slot before wrap. The morning window right after sunrise (until 06:33 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:53.
After sunset, Kansas City still offers the blue hour: from 21:06 to 21:19 in June (13 minutes). If you need both looks on one evening, everything from the start of golden hour to the end of blue hour is one continuous window — with no room for a re-rig inside it.
Frequently asked
When is golden hour in Kansas City today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Kansas City from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:07, in mid-December at 16:15.
How long does golden hour last in Kansas City?
Between 35 minutes (March) and 42 minutes (December) in the evening. The name misleads — it never actually reaches a full hour here.
How accurate are the times?
To about one minute (standard NOAA-style solar computation). Not included: horizon shading from buildings or hills to the west — which can genuinely shorten the window at your location.