Golden hour in Cali
Golden hour in Cali starts at 17:47 on 15 June and runs 30 minutes; on 15 December it is 30 minutes from 17:30. The calculator above is preset to Cali — 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 Cali
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Golden and blue hour in Cali: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Cali (3.4516, -76.532) and the America/Bogota timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 27 minutes in March and 30 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 | 18:14 | 06:47 | 17:45 | 18:28 | 11h 56min |
| February | 06:21 | 18:22 | 06:49 | 17:53 | 18:35 | 12h 01min |
| March | 06:13 | 18:19 | 06:40 | 17:51 | 18:31 | 12h 06min |
| April | 06:01 | 18:13 | 06:29 | 17:45 | 18:25 | 12h 12min |
| May | 05:55 | 18:12 | 06:24 | 17:43 | 18:25 | 12h 17min |
| June | 05:58 | 18:17 | 06:28 | 17:47 | 18:31 | 12h 19min |
| July | 06:04 | 18:22 | 06:33 | 17:52 | 18:35 | 12h 18min |
| August | 06:05 | 18:18 | 06:33 | 17:50 | 18:32 | 12h 14min |
| September | 05:58 | 18:06 | 06:26 | 17:39 | 18:19 | 12h 08min |
| October | 05:51 | 17:54 | 06:19 | 17:26 | 18:07 | 12h 03min |
| November | 05:53 | 17:51 | 06:22 | 17:22 | 18:04 | 11h 58min |
| December | 06:04 | 18:00 | 06:34 | 17:30 | 18:14 | 11h 55min |
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 06:28 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:58.
After sunset, Cali still offers the blue hour: from 18:31 to 18:40 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 Cali today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Cali from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 17:47, in mid-December at 17:30.
How long does golden hour last in Cali?
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.