Golden hour in Mendoza
Golden hour in Mendoza starts at 17:59 on 15 June and runs 38 minutes; on 15 December it is 36 minutes from 20:04. The calculator above is preset to Mendoza — 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 Mendoza
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Golden and blue hour in Mendoza: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Mendoza (-32.8895, -68.8458) in the America/Mendoza timezone, DST included. Between June (38 minutes) and February (33 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.2.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 06:43 | 20:48 | 07:19 | 20:12 | 21:05 | 14h 04min |
| February | 07:13 | 20:28 | 07:46 | 19:55 | 20:44 | 13h 15min |
| March | 07:36 | 19:55 | 08:08 | 19:22 | 20:10 | 12h 19min |
| April | 07:58 | 19:14 | 08:31 | 18:41 | 19:30 | 11h 17min |
| May | 08:19 | 18:46 | 08:55 | 18:10 | 19:02 | 10h 26min |
| June | 08:37 | 18:36 | 09:15 | 17:59 | 18:53 | 10h 00min |
| July | 08:37 | 18:47 | 09:13 | 18:10 | 19:04 | 10h 11min |
| August | 08:14 | 19:08 | 08:48 | 18:33 | 19:23 | 10h 54min |
| September | 07:35 | 19:28 | 08:08 | 18:55 | 19:43 | 11h 52min |
| October | 06:56 | 19:48 | 07:28 | 19:15 | 20:04 | 12h 53min |
| November | 06:27 | 20:15 | 07:01 | 19:40 | 20:32 | 13h 48min |
| December | 06:22 | 20:40 | 06:59 | 20:04 | 20:58 | 14h 18min |
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 09:15 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 08:37.
After sunset, Mendoza still offers the blue hour: from 18:53 to 19:04 in June (10 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 Mendoza today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Mendoza from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 17:59, in mid-December at 20:04.
How long does golden hour last in Mendoza?
Between 33 minutes (February) and 38 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.