Golden hour in Algiers
Golden hour in Algiers starts at 19:30 on 15 June and runs 38 minutes; on 15 December it is 40 minutes from 16:53. The calculator above is preset to Algiers — 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 Algiers
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Golden and blue hour in Algiers: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Algiers (36.7538, 3.0588) in the Africa/Algiers timezone, DST included. Between December (40 minutes) and March (34 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.2.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 08:00 | 17:55 | 08:39 | 17:16 | 18:13 | 9h 55min |
| February | 07:37 | 18:28 | 08:13 | 17:52 | 18:45 | 10h 51min |
| March | 07:00 | 18:55 | 07:34 | 18:21 | 19:11 | 11h 55min |
| April | 06:15 | 19:22 | 06:49 | 18:47 | 19:38 | 13h 07min |
| May | 05:41 | 19:49 | 06:18 | 19:12 | 20:06 | 14h 07min |
| June | 05:29 | 20:09 | 06:08 | 19:30 | 20:27 | 14h 40min |
| July | 05:41 | 20:08 | 06:19 | 19:30 | 20:26 | 14h 27min |
| August | 06:06 | 19:41 | 06:41 | 19:05 | 19:58 | 13h 35min |
| September | 06:31 | 18:57 | 07:05 | 18:23 | 19:13 | 12h 27min |
| October | 06:55 | 18:13 | 07:30 | 17:38 | 18:29 | 11h 17min |
| November | 07:26 | 17:40 | 08:04 | 17:02 | 17:57 | 10h 14min |
| December | 07:54 | 17:34 | 08:34 | 16:53 | 17:51 | 9h 40min |
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 06:08 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:29.
After sunset, Algiers still offers the blue hour: from 20:27 to 20:40 in June (12 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 Algiers today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Algiers from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 19:30, in mid-December at 16:53.
How long does golden hour last in Algiers?
Between 34 minutes (March) and 40 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.