Golden hour in Brisbane
Golden hour in Brisbane starts at 16:27 on 15 June and runs 35 minutes; on 15 December it is 34 minutes from 18:05. The calculator above is preset to Brisbane — 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 Brisbane
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Golden and blue hour in Brisbane: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Brisbane (-27.4698, 153.0251) in the Australia/Brisbane timezone, DST included. Between June (35 minutes) and March (31 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 | 05:07 | 18:48 | 05:40 | 18:15 | 19:04 | 13h 41min |
| February | 05:32 | 18:34 | 06:03 | 18:03 | 18:49 | 13h 02min |
| March | 05:49 | 18:07 | 06:20 | 17:36 | 18:21 | 12h 17min |
| April | 06:05 | 17:32 | 06:36 | 17:01 | 17:47 | 11h 27min |
| May | 06:22 | 17:09 | 06:55 | 16:35 | 17:24 | 10h 47min |
| June | 06:37 | 17:02 | 07:12 | 16:27 | 17:17 | 10h 25min |
| July | 06:38 | 17:11 | 07:12 | 16:37 | 17:26 | 10h 33min |
| August | 06:20 | 17:27 | 06:52 | 16:55 | 17:42 | 11h 07min |
| September | 05:47 | 17:41 | 06:18 | 17:10 | 17:56 | 11h 54min |
| October | 05:13 | 17:56 | 05:44 | 17:25 | 18:10 | 12h 42min |
| November | 04:50 | 18:17 | 05:22 | 17:44 | 18:32 | 13h 27min |
| December | 04:48 | 18:39 | 05:22 | 18:05 | 18:56 | 13h 52min |
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 07:12 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:37.
After sunset, Brisbane still offers the blue hour: from 17:17 to 17:27 in June (10 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 Brisbane today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Brisbane from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 16:27, in mid-December at 18:05.
How long does golden hour last in Brisbane?
Between 31 minutes (March) and 35 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.