Golden hour in Gold Coast
Golden hour in Gold Coast starts at 16:24 on 15 June and runs 35 minutes; on 15 December it is 34 minutes from 18:05. The calculator above is preset to Gold Coast — 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 Gold Coast
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Golden and blue hour in Gold Coast: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Gold Coast (-28.0167, 153.4) and the Australia/Brisbane timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 31 minutes in March and 35 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 | 05:04 | 18:48 | 05:38 | 18:14 | 19:04 | 13h 44min |
| February | 05:30 | 18:33 | 06:01 | 18:02 | 18:48 | 13h 04min |
| March | 05:48 | 18:05 | 06:19 | 17:34 | 18:20 | 12h 18min |
| April | 06:04 | 17:30 | 06:36 | 16:59 | 17:45 | 11h 27min |
| May | 06:21 | 17:06 | 06:55 | 16:32 | 17:21 | 10h 45min |
| June | 06:36 | 16:59 | 07:11 | 16:24 | 17:15 | 10h 23min |
| July | 06:37 | 17:08 | 07:12 | 16:34 | 17:24 | 10h 31min |
| August | 06:19 | 17:25 | 06:52 | 16:52 | 17:40 | 11h 06min |
| September | 05:46 | 17:40 | 06:17 | 17:09 | 17:54 | 11h 54min |
| October | 05:11 | 17:55 | 05:43 | 17:23 | 18:09 | 12h 43min |
| November | 04:47 | 18:16 | 05:20 | 17:44 | 18:32 | 13h 29min |
| December | 04:45 | 18:39 | 05:19 | 18:05 | 18:55 | 13h 54min |
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 07:11 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:36.
After sunset, Gold Coast still offers the blue hour: from 17:15 to 17:25 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 Gold Coast today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Gold Coast from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 16:24, in mid-December at 18:05.
How long does golden hour last in Gold Coast?
Between 31 minutes (March) and 35 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.