Golden hour in Adelaide
Golden hour in Adelaide starts at 16:33 on 15 June and runs 39 minutes; on 15 December it is 37 minutes from 19:48. The calculator above is preset to Adelaide — 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 Adelaide
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Golden and blue hour in Adelaide: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Adelaide (-34.9285, 138.6007) and the Australia/Adelaide timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 33 minutes in March and 39 in June — 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 | 06:18 | 20:33 | 06:54 | 19:56 | 20:50 | 14h 15min |
| February | 06:50 | 20:12 | 07:24 | 19:37 | 20:28 | 13h 22min |
| March | 07:15 | 19:36 | 07:48 | 19:03 | 19:52 | 12h 21min |
| April | 06:39 | 17:53 | 07:14 | 17:19 | 18:09 | 11h 14min |
| May | 07:03 | 17:22 | 07:40 | 16:46 | 17:39 | 10h 19min |
| June | 07:22 | 17:11 | 08:01 | 16:33 | 17:29 | 9h 49min |
| July | 07:22 | 17:22 | 08:00 | 16:44 | 17:39 | 10h 01min |
| August | 06:58 | 17:45 | 07:33 | 17:09 | 18:01 | 10h 47min |
| September | 06:17 | 18:07 | 06:50 | 17:33 | 18:22 | 11h 50min |
| October | 06:35 | 19:30 | 07:08 | 18:56 | 19:46 | 12h 55min |
| November | 06:03 | 19:59 | 06:39 | 19:23 | 20:16 | 13h 56min |
| December | 05:57 | 20:26 | 06:34 | 19:48 | 20:44 | 14h 29min |
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 08:01 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 07:22.
After sunset, Adelaide still offers the blue hour: from 17:29 to 17:40 in June (11 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 Adelaide today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Adelaide from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 16:33, in mid-December at 19:48.
How long does golden hour last in Adelaide?
Between 33 minutes (March) and 39 minutes (June) 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.