Golden hour in Melbourne
Golden hour in Melbourne starts at 16:27 on 15 June and runs 41 minutes; on 15 December it is 39 minutes from 19:59. The calculator above is preset to Melbourne — 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 Melbourne
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Golden and blue hour in Melbourne: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Melbourne (-37.8136, 144.9631) and the Australia/Melbourne timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 35 minutes in March and 41 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 | 06:15 | 20:45 | 06:53 | 20:07 | 21:03 | 14h 30min |
| February | 06:50 | 20:20 | 07:26 | 19:45 | 20:37 | 13h 30min |
| March | 07:19 | 19:42 | 07:53 | 19:07 | 19:58 | 12h 23min |
| April | 06:47 | 17:55 | 07:22 | 17:19 | 18:11 | 11h 08min |
| May | 07:14 | 17:21 | 07:52 | 16:42 | 17:38 | 10h 07min |
| June | 07:35 | 17:08 | 08:16 | 16:27 | 17:26 | 9h 34min |
| July | 07:33 | 17:20 | 08:14 | 16:40 | 17:38 | 9h 46min |
| August | 07:07 | 17:45 | 07:44 | 17:08 | 18:01 | 10h 38min |
| September | 06:22 | 18:11 | 06:57 | 17:36 | 18:27 | 11h 48min |
| October | 06:36 | 19:37 | 07:11 | 19:02 | 19:53 | 13h 01min |
| November | 06:01 | 20:10 | 06:38 | 19:33 | 20:28 | 14h 08min |
| December | 05:53 | 20:39 | 06:32 | 19:59 | 20:58 | 14h 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 08:16 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 07:35.
After sunset, Melbourne still offers the blue hour: from 17:26 to 17:38 in June (11 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 Melbourne today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Melbourne from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 16:27, in mid-December at 19:59.
How long does golden hour last in Melbourne?
Between 35 minutes (March) and 41 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.