Golden hour in Bilbao
Golden hour in Bilbao starts at 21:11 on 15 June and runs 43 minutes; on 15 December it is 46 minutes from 16:51. The calculator above is preset to Bilbao — 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 Bilbao
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Golden and blue hour in Bilbao: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Bilbao (43.263, -2.935) and the Europe/Madrid timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 38 minutes in March and 46 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 | 08:42 | 18:02 | 09:26 | 17:17 | 18:21 | 9h 20min |
| February | 08:11 | 18:43 | 08:51 | 18:03 | 19:01 | 10h 31min |
| March | 07:25 | 19:18 | 08:03 | 18:40 | 19:35 | 11h 53min |
| April | 07:31 | 20:54 | 08:09 | 20:16 | 21:12 | 13h 24min |
| May | 06:49 | 21:29 | 07:30 | 20:48 | 21:49 | 14h 40min |
| June | 06:32 | 21:54 | 07:15 | 21:11 | 22:16 | 15h 22min |
| July | 06:46 | 21:51 | 07:28 | 21:08 | 22:12 | 15h 05min |
| August | 07:18 | 21:17 | 07:57 | 20:37 | 21:36 | 13h 59min |
| September | 07:52 | 20:24 | 08:29 | 19:47 | 20:42 | 12h 32min |
| October | 08:26 | 19:31 | 09:04 | 18:52 | 19:48 | 11h 05min |
| November | 08:05 | 17:49 | 08:48 | 17:06 | 18:08 | 9h 44min |
| December | 08:38 | 17:38 | 09:24 | 16:51 | 17:58 | 9h 00min |
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 07:15 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:32.
After sunset, Bilbao still offers the blue hour: from 22:16 to 22:30 in June (14 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 Bilbao today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Bilbao from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 21:11, in mid-December at 16:51.
How long does golden hour last in Bilbao?
Between 38 minutes (March) and 46 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.