Golden hour in La Paz
Golden hour in La Paz starts at 17:37 on 15 June and runs 32 minutes; on 15 December it is 31 minutes from 18:30. The calculator above is preset to La Paz — 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 La Paz
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Golden and blue hour in La Paz: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of La Paz (-16.4897, -68.1193) and the America/La_Paz timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 29 minutes in February and 32 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 | 06:12 | 19:12 | 06:43 | 18:42 | 19:27 | 13h 00min |
| February | 06:29 | 19:06 | 06:58 | 18:37 | 19:20 | 12h 38min |
| March | 06:36 | 18:48 | 07:05 | 18:20 | 19:02 | 12h 12min |
| April | 06:41 | 18:25 | 07:10 | 17:56 | 18:38 | 11h 44min |
| May | 06:49 | 18:10 | 07:20 | 17:40 | 18:24 | 11h 21min |
| June | 06:59 | 18:08 | 07:31 | 17:37 | 18:23 | 11h 09min |
| July | 07:02 | 18:16 | 07:33 | 17:45 | 18:30 | 11h 14min |
| August | 06:51 | 18:25 | 07:21 | 17:55 | 18:38 | 11h 33min |
| September | 06:29 | 18:29 | 06:57 | 18:00 | 18:42 | 12h 00min |
| October | 06:05 | 18:33 | 06:34 | 18:04 | 18:46 | 12h 27min |
| November | 05:52 | 18:44 | 06:22 | 18:14 | 18:58 | 12h 53min |
| December | 05:55 | 19:02 | 06:26 | 18:30 | 19:16 | 13h 06min |
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 07:31 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:59.
After sunset, La Paz still offers the blue hour: from 18:23 to 18:32 in June (9 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 La Paz today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for La Paz from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 17:37, in mid-December at 18:30.
How long does golden hour last in La Paz?
Between 29 minutes (February) and 32 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.