Golden hour in Jeddah
Golden hour in Jeddah starts at 18:35 on 15 June and runs 32 minutes; on 15 December it is 33 minutes from 17:11. The calculator above is preset to Jeddah — 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 Jeddah
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Golden and blue hour in Jeddah: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Jeddah (21.4858, 39.1925) in the Asia/Riyadh 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 | 07:04 | 18:02 | 07:36 | 17:30 | 18:17 | 10h 58min |
| February | 06:55 | 18:22 | 07:25 | 17:51 | 18:35 | 11h 26min |
| March | 06:33 | 18:33 | 07:02 | 18:04 | 18:47 | 12h 00min |
| April | 06:05 | 18:43 | 06:35 | 18:13 | 18:57 | 12h 38min |
| May | 05:46 | 18:55 | 06:17 | 18:24 | 19:10 | 13h 09min |
| June | 05:41 | 19:07 | 06:14 | 18:35 | 19:23 | 13h 26min |
| July | 05:50 | 19:09 | 06:22 | 18:38 | 19:24 | 13h 19min |
| August | 06:02 | 18:55 | 06:33 | 18:25 | 19:09 | 12h 53min |
| September | 06:11 | 18:28 | 06:40 | 17:59 | 18:42 | 12h 17min |
| October | 06:19 | 18:00 | 06:49 | 17:30 | 18:14 | 11h 41min |
| November | 06:35 | 17:42 | 07:06 | 17:11 | 17:57 | 11h 07min |
| December | 06:54 | 17:44 | 07:27 | 17:11 | 17:59 | 10h 50min |
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 06:14 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:41.
After sunset, Jeddah still offers the blue hour: from 19:23 to 19:32 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 Jeddah today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Jeddah from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 18:35, in mid-December at 17:11.
How long does golden hour last in Jeddah?
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.