Golden hour in Tampa
Golden hour in Tampa starts at 19:54 on 15 June and runs 34 minutes; on 15 December it is 35 minutes from 17:02. The calculator above is preset to Tampa — pick a date and sunrise, sunset, golden and blue hour for that exact shoot day are right there, exportable as a calendar entry.
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Golden and blue hour in Tampa: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Tampa (27.9506, -82.4572) and the America/New_York timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 31 minutes in March and 35 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 | 07:23 | 17:57 | 07:57 | 17:22 | 18:12 | 10h 34min |
| February | 07:08 | 18:21 | 07:41 | 17:49 | 18:36 | 11h 13min |
| March | 07:40 | 19:39 | 08:11 | 19:08 | 19:53 | 11h 59min |
| April | 07:06 | 19:55 | 07:37 | 19:24 | 20:10 | 12h 50min |
| May | 06:41 | 20:13 | 07:14 | 19:40 | 20:29 | 13h 32min |
| June | 06:34 | 20:28 | 07:08 | 19:54 | 20:45 | 13h 54min |
| July | 06:44 | 20:29 | 07:18 | 19:55 | 20:45 | 13h 45min |
| August | 07:01 | 20:10 | 07:33 | 19:38 | 20:25 | 13h 09min |
| September | 07:16 | 19:36 | 07:47 | 19:05 | 19:51 | 12h 20min |
| October | 07:31 | 19:02 | 08:02 | 18:30 | 19:16 | 11h 31min |
| November | 06:52 | 17:38 | 07:26 | 17:05 | 17:54 | 10h 46min |
| December | 07:14 | 17:37 | 07:49 | 17:02 | 17:53 | 10h 23min |
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 07:08 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:34.
After sunset, Tampa still offers the blue hour: from 20:45 to 20:55 in June (10 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 Tampa today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Tampa from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 19:54, in mid-December at 17:02.
How long does golden hour last in Tampa?
Between 31 minutes (March) and 35 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.