Golden hour in Faro
Golden hour in Faro starts at 20:15 on 15 June and runs 39 minutes; on 15 December it is 40 minutes from 16:36. The calculator above is preset to Faro — 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 Faro
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Golden and blue hour in Faro: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Faro (37.0194, -7.9322) in the Europe/Lisbon timezone, DST included. Between December (40 minutes) and March (34 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.2.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 07:45 | 17:38 | 08:24 | 16:59 | 17:56 | 9h 54min |
| February | 07:22 | 18:12 | 07:58 | 17:36 | 18:28 | 10h 50min |
| March | 06:44 | 18:39 | 07:18 | 18:05 | 18:55 | 11h 55min |
| April | 06:58 | 20:06 | 07:33 | 19:32 | 20:23 | 13h 08min |
| May | 06:25 | 20:33 | 07:02 | 19:56 | 20:51 | 14h 08min |
| June | 06:12 | 20:54 | 06:51 | 20:15 | 21:12 | 14h 41min |
| July | 06:24 | 20:52 | 07:02 | 20:14 | 21:10 | 14h 28min |
| August | 06:49 | 20:25 | 07:25 | 19:50 | 20:42 | 13h 36min |
| September | 07:14 | 19:41 | 07:49 | 19:07 | 19:57 | 12h 27min |
| October | 07:40 | 18:57 | 08:15 | 18:22 | 19:13 | 11h 17min |
| November | 07:11 | 17:23 | 07:49 | 16:46 | 17:41 | 10h 13min |
| December | 07:39 | 17:17 | 08:19 | 16:36 | 17:35 | 9h 38min |
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 06:51 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:12.
After sunset, Faro still offers the blue hour: from 21:12 to 21:24 in June (12 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 Faro today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Faro from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:15, in mid-December at 16:36.
How long does golden hour last in Faro?
Between 34 minutes (March) and 40 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.