Golden hour in Lima
Golden hour in Lima starts at 17:21 on 15 June and runs 31 minutes; on 15 December it is 30 minutes from 17:59. The calculator above is preset to Lima — 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 Lima
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Golden and blue hour in Lima: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Lima (-12.0464, -77.0428) and the America/Lima timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 28 minutes in March and 31 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 | 05:56 | 18:41 | 06:26 | 18:11 | 18:55 | 12h 45min |
| February | 06:09 | 18:38 | 06:37 | 18:09 | 18:51 | 12h 29min |
| March | 06:13 | 18:23 | 06:41 | 17:55 | 18:36 | 12h 10min |
| April | 06:14 | 18:04 | 06:42 | 17:35 | 18:17 | 11h 50min |
| May | 06:19 | 17:52 | 06:48 | 17:23 | 18:06 | 11h 34min |
| June | 06:27 | 17:52 | 06:58 | 17:21 | 18:06 | 11h 25min |
| July | 06:30 | 17:59 | 07:01 | 17:29 | 18:13 | 11h 29min |
| August | 06:22 | 18:05 | 06:51 | 17:36 | 18:18 | 11h 43min |
| September | 06:03 | 18:05 | 06:31 | 17:37 | 18:18 | 12h 02min |
| October | 05:44 | 18:05 | 06:12 | 17:37 | 18:19 | 12h 22min |
| November | 05:34 | 18:14 | 06:03 | 17:44 | 18:27 | 12h 40min |
| December | 05:39 | 18:29 | 06:10 | 17:59 | 18:43 | 12h 50min |
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 06:58 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:27.
After sunset, Lima still offers the blue hour: from 18:06 to 18:15 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 Lima today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Lima from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 17:21, in mid-December at 17:59.
How long does golden hour last in Lima?
Between 28 minutes (March) and 31 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.