Golden hour in Abidjan
Golden hour in Abidjan starts at 18:00 on 15 June and runs 30 minutes; on 15 December it is 30 minutes from 17:36. The calculator above is preset to Abidjan — 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 Abidjan
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Golden and blue hour in Abidjan: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Abidjan (5.36, -4.0083) and the Africa/Abidjan timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 27 minutes in March and 30 in January — 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 | 06:31 | 18:21 | 07:00 | 17:52 | 18:35 | 11h 51min |
| February | 06:33 | 18:30 | 07:01 | 18:02 | 18:43 | 11h 57min |
| March | 06:23 | 18:28 | 06:51 | 18:01 | 18:41 | 12h 05min |
| April | 06:10 | 18:24 | 06:37 | 17:56 | 18:37 | 12h 14min |
| May | 06:02 | 18:24 | 06:31 | 17:55 | 18:38 | 12h 22min |
| June | 06:04 | 18:30 | 06:34 | 18:00 | 18:44 | 12h 26min |
| July | 06:10 | 18:35 | 06:40 | 18:05 | 18:48 | 12h 24min |
| August | 06:13 | 18:30 | 06:41 | 18:02 | 18:43 | 12h 18min |
| September | 06:08 | 18:17 | 06:35 | 17:49 | 18:30 | 12h 09min |
| October | 06:02 | 18:03 | 06:30 | 17:35 | 18:16 | 12h 00min |
| November | 06:05 | 17:58 | 06:34 | 17:29 | 18:11 | 11h 53min |
| December | 06:18 | 18:06 | 06:48 | 17:36 | 18:20 | 11h 49min |
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 06:34 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:04.
After sunset, Abidjan still offers the blue hour: from 18:44 to 18:53 in June (9 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 Abidjan today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Abidjan from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 18:00, in mid-December at 17:36.
How long does golden hour last in Abidjan?
Between 27 minutes (March) and 30 minutes (January) 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.