Golden hour in Alicante
Golden hour in Alicante starts at 20:48 on 15 June and runs 40 minutes; on 15 December it is 41 minutes from 17:02. The calculator above is preset to Alicante — 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 Alicante
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Golden and blue hour in Alicante: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Alicante (38.3452, -0.481) and the Europe/Madrid timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 35 minutes in March and 41 in December — 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 | 08:18 | 18:05 | 08:59 | 17:25 | 18:23 | 9h 47min |
| February | 07:54 | 18:40 | 08:31 | 18:03 | 18:57 | 10h 47min |
| March | 07:14 | 19:09 | 07:49 | 18:34 | 19:25 | 11h 55min |
| April | 07:27 | 20:38 | 08:03 | 20:03 | 20:55 | 13h 11min |
| May | 06:52 | 21:06 | 07:30 | 20:29 | 21:24 | 14h 15min |
| June | 06:39 | 21:28 | 07:18 | 20:48 | 21:47 | 14h 49min |
| July | 06:51 | 21:26 | 07:30 | 20:47 | 21:45 | 14h 35min |
| August | 07:17 | 20:58 | 07:53 | 20:21 | 21:15 | 13h 41min |
| September | 07:44 | 20:12 | 08:19 | 19:37 | 20:28 | 12h 28min |
| October | 08:11 | 19:26 | 08:47 | 18:50 | 19:42 | 11h 15min |
| November | 07:44 | 17:51 | 08:23 | 17:12 | 18:08 | 10h 07min |
| December | 08:12 | 17:43 | 08:54 | 17:02 | 18:02 | 9h 31min |
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 07:18 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:39.
After sunset, Alicante still offers the blue hour: from 21:47 to 21:59 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 Alicante today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Alicante from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:48, in mid-December at 17:02.
How long does golden hour last in Alicante?
Between 35 minutes (March) and 41 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.