Golden hour in Cairo
Golden hour in Cairo starts at 19:23 on 15 June and runs 35 minutes; on 15 December it is 36 minutes from 16:22. The calculator above is preset to Cairo — 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 Cairo
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Golden and blue hour in Cairo: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Cairo (30.0444, 31.2357) in the Africa/Cairo timezone, DST included. Between December (36 minutes) and March (32 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 | 06:52 | 17:17 | 07:28 | 16:42 | 17:33 | 10h 25min |
| February | 06:36 | 17:44 | 07:09 | 17:11 | 17:59 | 11h 08min |
| March | 06:06 | 18:04 | 06:38 | 17:32 | 18:18 | 11h 57min |
| April | 05:29 | 18:22 | 06:01 | 17:50 | 18:37 | 12h 53min |
| May | 06:03 | 19:42 | 06:36 | 19:08 | 19:58 | 13h 39min |
| June | 05:54 | 19:58 | 06:29 | 19:23 | 20:15 | 14h 04min |
| July | 06:04 | 19:59 | 06:39 | 19:24 | 20:15 | 13h 54min |
| August | 06:23 | 19:38 | 06:56 | 19:05 | 19:53 | 13h 15min |
| September | 06:40 | 19:02 | 07:12 | 18:31 | 19:17 | 12h 22min |
| October | 06:57 | 18:26 | 07:29 | 17:54 | 18:41 | 11h 29min |
| November | 06:21 | 17:00 | 06:55 | 16:26 | 17:16 | 10h 39min |
| December | 06:44 | 16:58 | 07:20 | 16:22 | 17:14 | 10h 14min |
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 06:29 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:54.
After sunset, Cairo still offers the blue hour: from 20:15 to 20:26 in June (11 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 Cairo today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Cairo from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 19:23, in mid-December at 16:22.
How long does golden hour last in Cairo?
Between 32 minutes (March) and 36 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.