Some seats, yes. For a typical July 1:10 PM day game at EverBank Stadium, roughly 37% of the seating bowl is shaded on average across the event. Shade grows through the late afternoon; by 6:00 PM about 70% of seats are out of the sun.
Check YOUR seat for YOUR event →Typical July afternoon highs at EverBank Stadium are around 92°F. Shade selection genuinely matters for comfort and safety.
No. EverBank Stadium is open air.
EverBank Stadium (Jacksonville, FL) is oriented 15° from true north. We compute the sun's exact position for your date and start time and run it against the seating geometry, plus live schedules and an hour-by-hour forecast on the interactive site.
Interactive shade map for EverBank Stadium · Satellite shadow view
A 1 o'clock kickoff in Jacksonville is one of the tougher sun assignments in the NFL. In high summer the sun stands 80 degrees above the horizon at kickoff, very nearly straight overhead, bearing down out of the south-southeast. At that angle the stands at EverBank Stadium can barely throw a shadow, and our model scores a typical day game at just 37 percent shaded across the full event. Most of the bowl simply sits in the open from pregame warmups through the fourth quarter.
The reliable pocket is the club level. Sections 201 through 206 grade out around 50 percent shaded across a day game, roughly double what the sunniest seats manage, because the deck above them works like a fixed awning. That points to the general rule at EverBank Stadium: when the sun is this high, height and overhang matter far more than picking a side of the stadium. A row tucked under the deck above beats a low row in the same section every single time, so if you are choosing between two tickets at similar prices, take the higher one.
The lower bowl is where you bake. Sections 118, 119, and 120 come in around 28 percent shaded across a day game, with section 114 at 27 percent, the worst numbers in the building. Those seats are close to the action and far from anything that casts a shadow, so if you sit there for an early kickoff, plan on direct sun for essentially the whole afternoon.
Jacksonville's afternoon highs run about 92 in July, 88 in August, and 85 in September, and the coastal humidity makes every one of those numbers feel heavier than it reads. That timing is unkind to football: preseason games and the first month of the regular season land exactly when the heat peaks. Treat an early-season day game like a beach day with worse logistics, sunscreen on before you enter, a hat with a real brim, water refills at every break, and a concourse retreat if anyone in your group starts wilting. By late October the highs ease into the upper 70s and the sun sits lower, so late-season 1 PM games are a genuinely different, kinder experience.
Once the sun drops, EverBank Stadium becomes a much friendlier building. From 6 PM onward the bowl averages about 70 percent shaded, and by 7 the sun is only 16 degrees above the horizon in the west-northwest, low enough that the stadium structure blocks it from most seats. High-summer sunset comes around 8:29, so a prime-time kickoff spends only its opening stretch with any direct sun at all, mostly a slanting glare that catches seats facing toward the western sky before fading entirely. If heat is the deciding factor for your group, an evening game is the easy answer; if you are locked into a day game, spend on the club level or aim high under an overhang.
Every game is its own case, kickoff time, date, and your exact section all move the numbers. Before you buy, put your seat and date into the interactive shade map and see exactly when the shadow line reaches your row.
Upcoming events at EverBank Stadium are ticketed on TixBit. Check the shade map first, then grab a seat on the shady side.