Golden hour in Belo Horizonte
Golden hour in Belo Horizonte starts at 16:53 on 15 June and runs 32 minutes; on 15 December it is 32 minutes from 18:00. The calculator above is preset to Belo Horizonte — 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 Belo Horizonte
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Golden and blue hour in Belo Horizonte: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Belo Horizonte (-19.9167, -43.9345) and the America/Sao_Paulo timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 29 minutes in March and 32 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 | 05:30 | 18:42 | 06:01 | 18:10 | 18:56 | 13h 12min |
| February | 05:48 | 18:33 | 06:18 | 18:03 | 18:47 | 12h 45min |
| March | 05:59 | 18:12 | 06:28 | 17:43 | 18:26 | 12h 13min |
| April | 06:07 | 17:46 | 06:37 | 17:16 | 17:59 | 11h 39min |
| May | 06:18 | 17:28 | 06:49 | 16:57 | 17:43 | 11h 11min |
| June | 06:29 | 17:25 | 07:01 | 16:53 | 17:40 | 10h 56min |
| July | 06:31 | 17:33 | 07:03 | 17:01 | 17:48 | 11h 02min |
| August | 06:18 | 17:44 | 06:49 | 17:14 | 17:58 | 11h 26min |
| September | 05:53 | 17:51 | 06:22 | 17:22 | 18:05 | 11h 58min |
| October | 05:26 | 17:58 | 05:56 | 17:29 | 18:12 | 12h 32min |
| November | 05:10 | 18:13 | 05:40 | 17:42 | 18:27 | 13h 03min |
| December | 05:12 | 18:31 | 05:44 | 18:00 | 18:46 | 13h 20min |
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 07:01 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:29.
After sunset, Belo Horizonte still offers the blue hour: from 17:40 to 17:49 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 Belo Horizonte today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Belo Horizonte from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 16:53, in mid-December at 18:00.
How long does golden hour last in Belo Horizonte?
Between 29 minutes (March) and 32 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.