Golden hour in Dubai
Golden hour in Dubai starts at 18:38 on 15 June and runs 33 minutes; on 15 December it is 34 minutes from 16:58. The calculator above is preset to Dubai — 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 Dubai
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Golden and blue hour in Dubai: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Dubai (25.2048, 55.2708) and the Asia/Dubai timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 30 minutes in March and 34 in December — 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 | 07:07 | 17:51 | 07:40 | 17:17 | 18:06 | 10h 44min |
| February | 06:55 | 18:13 | 07:26 | 17:42 | 18:28 | 11h 19min |
| March | 06:29 | 18:28 | 07:00 | 17:58 | 18:42 | 11h 59min |
| April | 05:58 | 18:42 | 06:28 | 18:11 | 18:56 | 12h 44min |
| May | 05:35 | 18:57 | 06:07 | 18:25 | 19:12 | 13h 22min |
| June | 05:29 | 19:11 | 06:03 | 18:38 | 19:27 | 13h 42min |
| July | 05:38 | 19:12 | 06:11 | 18:40 | 19:28 | 13h 34min |
| August | 05:53 | 18:55 | 06:25 | 18:24 | 19:10 | 13h 02min |
| September | 06:06 | 18:25 | 06:36 | 17:55 | 18:39 | 12h 19min |
| October | 06:18 | 17:53 | 06:48 | 17:22 | 18:07 | 11h 36min |
| November | 06:36 | 17:32 | 07:09 | 17:00 | 17:47 | 10h 56min |
| December | 06:57 | 17:32 | 07:31 | 16:58 | 17:48 | 10h 35min |
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 06:03 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:29.
After sunset, Dubai still offers the blue hour: from 19:27 to 19:37 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 Dubai today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Dubai from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 18:38, in mid-December at 16:58.
How long does golden hour last in Dubai?
Between 30 minutes (March) and 34 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.