Golden hour in Lagos
Golden hour in Lagos starts at 18:33 on 15 June and runs 30 minutes; on 15 December it is 30 minutes from 18:05. The calculator above is preset to Lagos — 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 Lagos
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Golden and blue hour in Lagos: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Lagos (6.5244, 3.3792) in the Africa/Lagos timezone, DST included. Between January (30 minutes) and February (28 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 | 07:03 | 18:50 | 07:33 | 18:20 | 19:04 | 11h 47min |
| February | 07:04 | 18:59 | 07:32 | 18:31 | 19:12 | 11h 55min |
| March | 06:54 | 18:59 | 07:22 | 18:31 | 19:11 | 12h 05min |
| April | 06:39 | 18:55 | 07:07 | 18:27 | 19:08 | 12h 16min |
| May | 06:31 | 18:56 | 07:00 | 18:27 | 19:10 | 12h 25min |
| June | 06:33 | 19:03 | 07:03 | 18:33 | 19:17 | 12h 30min |
| July | 06:39 | 19:07 | 07:09 | 18:37 | 19:21 | 12h 28min |
| August | 06:42 | 19:02 | 07:10 | 18:34 | 19:15 | 12h 20min |
| September | 06:38 | 18:48 | 07:05 | 18:20 | 19:00 | 12h 10min |
| October | 06:33 | 18:32 | 07:01 | 18:05 | 18:45 | 11h 59min |
| November | 06:37 | 18:27 | 07:06 | 17:58 | 18:40 | 11h 50min |
| December | 06:50 | 18:35 | 07:20 | 18:05 | 18:49 | 11h 45min |
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 07:03 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:33.
After sunset, Lagos still offers the blue hour: from 19:17 to 19:25 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 Lagos today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Lagos from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 18:33, in mid-December at 18:05.
How long does golden hour last in Lagos?
Between 28 minutes (February) and 30 minutes (January) 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.