Golden hour in Dar es Salaam
Golden hour in Dar es Salaam starts at 17:46 on 15 June and runs 30 minutes; on 15 December it is 30 minutes from 18:04. The calculator above is preset to Dar es Salaam — 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 Dar es Salaam
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Golden and blue hour in Dar es Salaam: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Dar es Salaam (-6.7924, 39.2083) and the Africa/Dar_es_Salaam timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 28 minutes in February 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 | 06:19 | 18:47 | 06:48 | 18:18 | 19:01 | 12h 28min |
| February | 06:29 | 18:48 | 06:57 | 18:20 | 19:01 | 12h 19min |
| March | 06:29 | 18:37 | 06:56 | 18:10 | 18:50 | 12h 09min |
| April | 06:25 | 18:23 | 06:53 | 17:55 | 18:36 | 11h 58min |
| May | 06:26 | 18:15 | 06:55 | 17:45 | 18:28 | 11h 48min |
| June | 06:33 | 18:16 | 07:03 | 17:46 | 18:30 | 11h 44min |
| July | 06:37 | 18:22 | 07:07 | 17:53 | 18:36 | 11h 46min |
| August | 06:32 | 18:25 | 07:00 | 17:57 | 18:38 | 11h 53min |
| September | 06:18 | 18:21 | 06:45 | 17:54 | 18:34 | 12h 04min |
| October | 06:02 | 18:17 | 06:30 | 17:49 | 18:30 | 12h 15min |
| November | 05:56 | 18:21 | 06:25 | 17:52 | 18:35 | 12h 25min |
| December | 06:04 | 18:34 | 06:34 | 18:04 | 18:48 | 12h 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 07:03 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:33.
After sunset, Dar es Salaam still offers the blue hour: from 18:30 to 18:39 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 Dar es Salaam today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Dar es Salaam from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 17:46, in mid-December at 18:04.
How long does golden hour last in Dar es Salaam?
Between 28 minutes (February) 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.