Golden hour in Auckland
Golden hour in Auckland starts at 16:31 on 15 June and runs 40 minutes; on 15 December it is 38 minutes from 19:58. The calculator above is preset to Auckland — 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 Auckland
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Golden and blue hour in Auckland: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Auckland (-36.8485, 174.7633) and the Pacific/Auckland timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 34 minutes in March and 40 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 | 20:43 | 06:56 | 20:05 | 21:01 | 14h 25min |
| February | 06:52 | 20:20 | 07:27 | 19:45 | 20:37 | 13h 28min |
| March | 07:20 | 19:42 | 07:54 | 19:08 | 19:58 | 12h 23min |
| April | 06:46 | 17:57 | 07:22 | 17:22 | 18:13 | 11h 11min |
| May | 07:12 | 17:24 | 07:50 | 16:46 | 17:41 | 10h 11min |
| June | 07:33 | 17:12 | 08:13 | 16:31 | 17:30 | 9h 39min |
| July | 07:32 | 17:23 | 08:11 | 16:44 | 17:40 | 9h 51min |
| August | 07:06 | 17:47 | 07:42 | 17:11 | 18:03 | 10h 41min |
| September | 06:23 | 18:12 | 06:57 | 17:37 | 18:28 | 11h 49min |
| October | 06:38 | 19:37 | 07:13 | 19:02 | 19:53 | 12h 59min |
| November | 06:04 | 20:08 | 06:41 | 19:32 | 20:26 | 14h 04min |
| December | 05:57 | 20:36 | 06:35 | 19:58 | 20:55 | 14h 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 08:13 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 07:33.
After sunset, Auckland still offers the blue hour: from 17:30 to 17:41 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 Auckland today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Auckland from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 16:31, in mid-December at 19:58.
How long does golden hour last in Auckland?
Between 34 minutes (March) and 40 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.