Golden hour in Lisbon
Golden hour in Lisbon starts at 20:24 on 15 June and runs 40 minutes; on 15 December it is 42 minutes from 16:35. The calculator above is preset to Lisbon — 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 Lisbon
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Golden and blue hour in Lisbon: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Lisbon (38.7223, -9.1393) and the Europe/Lisbon timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 35 minutes in March and 42 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 | 07:54 | 17:39 | 08:34 | 16:59 | 17:57 | 9h 45min |
| February | 07:29 | 18:14 | 08:06 | 17:37 | 18:31 | 10h 45min |
| March | 06:49 | 18:44 | 07:24 | 18:08 | 19:00 | 11h 55min |
| April | 07:01 | 20:13 | 07:37 | 19:38 | 20:30 | 13h 12min |
| May | 06:26 | 20:42 | 07:03 | 20:04 | 21:00 | 14h 16min |
| June | 06:12 | 21:04 | 06:52 | 20:24 | 21:23 | 14h 52min |
| July | 06:24 | 21:02 | 07:03 | 20:23 | 21:21 | 14h 37min |
| August | 06:51 | 20:33 | 07:28 | 19:56 | 20:50 | 13h 42min |
| September | 07:19 | 19:47 | 07:54 | 19:12 | 20:03 | 12h 28min |
| October | 07:46 | 19:00 | 08:22 | 18:24 | 19:16 | 11h 14min |
| November | 07:19 | 17:25 | 07:59 | 16:46 | 17:42 | 10h 05min |
| December | 07:48 | 17:17 | 08:30 | 16:35 | 17:35 | 9h 29min |
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 06:52 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:12.
After sunset, Lisbon still offers the blue hour: from 21:23 to 21:36 in June (13 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 Lisbon today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Lisbon from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:24, in mid-December at 16:35.
How long does golden hour last in Lisbon?
Between 35 minutes (March) and 42 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.