Golden hour in Bogotá
Golden hour in Bogotá starts at 17:40 on 15 June and runs 30 minutes; on 15 December it is 30 minutes from 17:18. The calculator above is preset to Bogotá — 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 Bogotá
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Golden and blue hour in Bogotá: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Bogotá (4.711, -74.0721) in the America/Bogota timezone, DST included. Between June (30 minutes) and March (27 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.1.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 06:10 | 18:03 | 06:39 | 17:33 | 18:16 | 11h 53min |
| February | 06:12 | 18:11 | 06:40 | 17:42 | 18:24 | 11h 58min |
| March | 06:03 | 18:09 | 06:31 | 17:41 | 18:21 | 12h 05min |
| April | 05:50 | 18:04 | 06:18 | 17:36 | 18:16 | 12h 13min |
| May | 05:44 | 18:04 | 06:12 | 17:35 | 18:17 | 12h 20min |
| June | 05:46 | 18:09 | 06:16 | 17:40 | 18:23 | 12h 24min |
| July | 05:52 | 18:14 | 06:21 | 17:44 | 18:28 | 12h 22min |
| August | 05:54 | 18:10 | 06:22 | 17:42 | 18:23 | 12h 16min |
| September | 05:48 | 17:57 | 06:16 | 17:29 | 18:10 | 12h 09min |
| October | 05:42 | 17:43 | 06:10 | 17:16 | 17:56 | 12h 01min |
| November | 05:45 | 17:39 | 06:14 | 17:10 | 17:52 | 11h 54min |
| December | 05:57 | 17:48 | 06:27 | 17:18 | 18:02 | 11h 51min |
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 06:16 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:46.
After sunset, Bogotá still offers the blue hour: from 18:23 to 18:32 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 Bogotá today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Bogotá from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 17:40, in mid-December at 17:18.
How long does golden hour last in Bogotá?
Between 27 minutes (March) and 30 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.