Golden hour in Las Vegas
Golden hour in Las Vegas starts at 19:22 on 15 June and runs 38 minutes; on 15 December it is 40 minutes from 15:48. The calculator above is preset to Las Vegas — 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 Las Vegas
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Golden and blue hour in Las Vegas: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Las Vegas (36.1699, -115.1398) and the America/Los_Angeles timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 34 minutes in March and 40 in December — 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 | 06:52 | 16:50 | 07:30 | 16:11 | 17:07 | 9h 58min |
| February | 06:29 | 17:22 | 07:05 | 16:47 | 17:38 | 10h 53min |
| March | 06:52 | 18:48 | 07:26 | 18:14 | 19:04 | 11h 56min |
| April | 06:08 | 19:14 | 06:42 | 18:40 | 19:31 | 13h 07min |
| May | 05:35 | 19:40 | 06:12 | 19:04 | 19:58 | 14h 05min |
| June | 05:24 | 20:00 | 06:02 | 19:22 | 20:19 | 14h 36min |
| July | 05:36 | 19:59 | 06:13 | 19:21 | 20:17 | 14h 23min |
| August | 06:00 | 19:32 | 06:35 | 18:57 | 19:49 | 13h 33min |
| September | 06:24 | 18:50 | 06:58 | 18:16 | 19:05 | 12h 26min |
| October | 06:48 | 18:06 | 07:23 | 17:31 | 18:22 | 11h 18min |
| November | 06:18 | 16:34 | 06:56 | 15:56 | 16:51 | 10h 16min |
| December | 06:45 | 16:28 | 07:25 | 15:48 | 16:46 | 9h 43min |
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 06:02 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:24.
After sunset, Las Vegas still offers the blue hour: from 20:19 to 20:30 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 Las Vegas today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Las Vegas from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 19:22, in mid-December at 15:48.
How long does golden hour last in Las Vegas?
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.