Golden hour in Cancún
Golden hour in Cancún starts at 18:59 on 15 June and runs 32 minutes; on 15 December it is 33 minutes from 17:36. The calculator above is preset to Cancún — 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 Cancún
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Golden and blue hour in Cancún: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Cancún (21.1619, -86.8515) in the America/Cancun timezone, DST included. Between December (33 minutes) and March (29 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 | 07:28 | 18:27 | 08:00 | 17:55 | 18:42 | 10h 59min |
| February | 07:19 | 18:46 | 07:49 | 18:16 | 19:00 | 11h 27min |
| March | 06:57 | 18:58 | 07:26 | 18:28 | 19:11 | 12h 01min |
| April | 06:29 | 19:07 | 06:59 | 18:37 | 19:21 | 12h 38min |
| May | 06:10 | 19:19 | 06:41 | 18:48 | 19:33 | 13h 09min |
| June | 06:06 | 19:31 | 06:38 | 18:59 | 19:46 | 13h 25min |
| July | 06:15 | 19:33 | 06:47 | 19:01 | 19:48 | 13h 18min |
| August | 06:27 | 19:19 | 06:57 | 18:49 | 19:33 | 12h 52min |
| September | 06:35 | 18:52 | 07:05 | 18:22 | 19:05 | 12h 16min |
| October | 06:44 | 18:24 | 07:13 | 17:54 | 18:38 | 11h 41min |
| November | 06:59 | 18:07 | 07:30 | 17:36 | 18:21 | 11h 08min |
| December | 07:18 | 18:09 | 07:50 | 17:36 | 18:24 | 10h 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 06:38 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:06.
After sunset, Cancún still offers the blue hour: from 19:46 to 19:56 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 Cancún today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Cancún from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 18:59, in mid-December at 17:36.
How long does golden hour last in Cancún?
Between 29 minutes (March) and 33 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.