Golden hour in Accra
Golden hour in Accra starts at 17:45 on 15 June and runs 30 minutes; on 15 December it is 30 minutes from 17:21. The calculator above is preset to Accra — 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 Accra
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Golden and blue hour in Accra: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Accra (5.6037, -0.187) in the Africa/Accra timezone, DST included. Between January (30 minutes) and March (27 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.1.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 06:16 | 18:06 | 06:45 | 17:36 | 18:19 | 11h 50min |
| February | 06:17 | 18:14 | 06:46 | 17:46 | 18:27 | 11h 57min |
| March | 06:08 | 18:13 | 06:36 | 17:46 | 18:26 | 12h 05min |
| April | 05:54 | 18:09 | 06:22 | 17:41 | 18:22 | 12h 14min |
| May | 05:47 | 18:09 | 06:16 | 17:40 | 18:23 | 12h 22min |
| June | 05:49 | 18:15 | 06:19 | 17:45 | 18:29 | 12h 27min |
| July | 05:55 | 18:20 | 06:24 | 17:50 | 18:33 | 12h 25min |
| August | 05:57 | 18:15 | 06:25 | 17:47 | 18:28 | 12h 18min |
| September | 05:52 | 18:02 | 06:20 | 17:34 | 18:14 | 12h 09min |
| October | 05:47 | 17:47 | 06:15 | 17:19 | 18:00 | 12h 00min |
| November | 05:50 | 17:42 | 06:19 | 17:13 | 17:56 | 11h 52min |
| December | 06:03 | 17:51 | 06:33 | 17:21 | 18:04 | 11h 48min |
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 06:19 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:49.
After sunset, Accra still offers the blue hour: from 18:29 to 18:38 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 Accra today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Accra from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 17:45, in mid-December at 17:21.
How long does golden hour last in Accra?
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.