Golden hour in Ouarzazate
Golden hour in Ouarzazate starts at 19:58 on 15 June and runs 35 minutes; on 15 December it is 37 minutes from 17:52. The calculator above is preset to Ouarzazate — 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 Ouarzazate
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Golden and blue hour in Ouarzazate: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Ouarzazate (30.9189, -6.8934) in the Africa/Casablanca timezone, DST included. Between December (37 minutes) and March (32 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 | 08:27 | 18:48 | 09:02 | 18:13 | 19:04 | 10h 21min |
| February | 07:10 | 18:16 | 07:43 | 17:42 | 18:31 | 11h 06min |
| March | 06:39 | 18:36 | 07:11 | 18:04 | 18:51 | 11h 57min |
| April | 07:01 | 19:56 | 07:33 | 19:23 | 20:11 | 12h 55min |
| May | 06:33 | 20:16 | 07:07 | 19:42 | 20:32 | 13h 43min |
| June | 06:25 | 20:33 | 07:00 | 19:58 | 20:50 | 14h 08min |
| July | 06:35 | 20:33 | 07:10 | 19:58 | 20:50 | 13h 58min |
| August | 06:54 | 20:12 | 07:27 | 19:39 | 20:27 | 13h 17min |
| September | 07:13 | 19:35 | 07:44 | 19:03 | 19:50 | 12h 23min |
| October | 07:31 | 18:58 | 08:03 | 18:25 | 19:12 | 11h 27min |
| November | 07:55 | 18:31 | 08:30 | 17:56 | 18:47 | 10h 36min |
| December | 08:19 | 18:28 | 08:55 | 17:52 | 18:45 | 10h 09min |
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 07:00 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:25.
After sunset, Ouarzazate still offers the blue hour: from 20:50 to 21:01 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 Ouarzazate today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Ouarzazate from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 19:58, in mid-December at 17:52.
How long does golden hour last in Ouarzazate?
Between 32 minutes (March) and 37 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.