Golden hour in Cartagena
Golden hour in Cartagena starts at 17:55 on 15 June and runs 30 minutes; on 15 December it is 30 minutes from 17:13. The calculator above is preset to Cartagena — 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 Cartagena
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Golden and blue hour in Cartagena: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Cartagena (10.391, -75.4794) in the America/Bogota timezone, DST included. Between January (30 minutes) and March (28 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 | 06:25 | 17:59 | 06:54 | 17:29 | 18:13 | 11h 35min |
| February | 06:23 | 18:11 | 06:52 | 17:42 | 18:24 | 11h 48min |
| March | 06:10 | 18:14 | 06:38 | 17:46 | 18:26 | 12h 04min |
| April | 05:52 | 18:13 | 06:20 | 17:45 | 18:26 | 12h 21min |
| May | 05:41 | 18:17 | 06:11 | 17:48 | 18:31 | 12h 36min |
| June | 05:41 | 18:25 | 06:12 | 17:55 | 18:39 | 12h 44min |
| July | 05:48 | 18:29 | 06:18 | 17:59 | 18:43 | 12h 40min |
| August | 05:53 | 18:21 | 06:22 | 17:53 | 18:35 | 12h 28min |
| September | 05:52 | 18:04 | 06:20 | 17:36 | 18:17 | 12h 11min |
| October | 05:51 | 17:45 | 06:19 | 17:17 | 17:58 | 11h 54min |
| November | 05:58 | 17:37 | 06:27 | 17:07 | 17:51 | 11h 39min |
| December | 06:12 | 17:44 | 06:43 | 17:13 | 17:58 | 11h 31min |
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 06:12 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:41.
After sunset, Cartagena still offers the blue hour: from 18:39 to 18:48 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 Cartagena today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Cartagena from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 17:55, in mid-December at 17:13.
How long does golden hour last in Cartagena?
Between 28 minutes (March) and 30 minutes (January) 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.