Golden hour in Mexico City
Golden hour in Mexico City starts at 18:45 on 15 June and runs 32 minutes; on 15 December it is 32 minutes from 17:29. The calculator above is preset to Mexico City — 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 Mexico City
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Golden and blue hour in Mexico City: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Mexico City (19.4326, -99.1332) in the America/Mexico_City timezone, DST included. Between January (32 minutes) and March (29 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.1.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 07:14 | 18:19 | 07:46 | 17:47 | 18:34 | 11h 05min |
| February | 07:06 | 18:37 | 07:36 | 18:07 | 18:51 | 11h 31min |
| March | 06:46 | 18:47 | 07:15 | 18:18 | 19:00 | 12h 01min |
| April | 06:20 | 18:55 | 06:49 | 18:25 | 19:08 | 12h 35min |
| May | 06:02 | 19:05 | 06:33 | 18:35 | 19:20 | 13h 03min |
| June | 05:59 | 19:17 | 06:31 | 18:45 | 19:32 | 13h 18min |
| July | 06:07 | 19:19 | 06:39 | 18:48 | 19:34 | 13h 12min |
| August | 06:18 | 19:06 | 06:48 | 18:36 | 19:20 | 12h 48min |
| September | 06:25 | 18:40 | 06:54 | 18:11 | 18:54 | 12h 16min |
| October | 06:32 | 18:14 | 07:01 | 17:45 | 18:28 | 11h 43min |
| November | 06:45 | 17:59 | 07:16 | 17:28 | 18:13 | 11h 13min |
| December | 07:04 | 18:02 | 07:36 | 17:29 | 18:16 | 10h 58min |
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 06:31 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:59.
After sunset, Mexico City still offers the blue hour: from 19:32 to 19:41 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 Mexico City today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Mexico City from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 18:45, in mid-December at 17:29.
How long does golden hour last in Mexico City?
Between 29 minutes (March) and 32 minutes (January) 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.