Golden hour in Cebu City
Golden hour in Cebu City starts at 17:37 on 15 June and runs 30 minutes; on 15 December it is 30 minutes from 16:56. The calculator above is preset to Cebu City — 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 Cebu City
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Golden and blue hour in Cebu City: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Cebu City (10.3157, 123.8854) and the Asia/Manila timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 28 minutes in March and 30 in January — 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 | 06:07 | 17:42 | 06:37 | 17:12 | 17:55 | 11h 35min |
| February | 06:06 | 17:54 | 06:34 | 17:25 | 18:07 | 11h 48min |
| March | 05:53 | 17:56 | 06:21 | 17:28 | 18:09 | 12h 03min |
| April | 05:35 | 17:56 | 06:03 | 17:28 | 18:09 | 12h 21min |
| May | 05:24 | 17:59 | 05:53 | 17:30 | 18:13 | 12h 36min |
| June | 05:24 | 18:07 | 05:54 | 17:37 | 18:21 | 12h 43min |
| July | 05:31 | 18:11 | 06:01 | 17:41 | 18:25 | 12h 40min |
| August | 05:36 | 18:04 | 06:05 | 17:35 | 18:17 | 12h 28min |
| September | 05:35 | 17:47 | 06:03 | 17:19 | 17:59 | 12h 11min |
| October | 05:34 | 17:28 | 06:02 | 17:00 | 17:41 | 11h 55min |
| November | 05:40 | 17:20 | 06:10 | 16:50 | 17:33 | 11h 39min |
| December | 05:54 | 17:26 | 06:25 | 16:56 | 17:40 | 11h 32min |
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 05:54 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:24.
After sunset, Cebu City still offers the blue hour: from 18:21 to 18:30 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 Cebu City today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Cebu City from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 17:37, in mid-December at 16:56.
How long does golden hour last in Cebu City?
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.