Golden hour in Portland
Golden hour in Portland starts at 20:16 on 15 June and runs 46 minutes; on 15 December it is 49 minutes from 15:39. The calculator above is preset to Portland — 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 Portland
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Golden and blue hour in Portland: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Portland (45.5152, -122.6784) in the America/Los_Angeles timezone, DST included. Between December (49 minutes) and March (39 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.3.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 07:48 | 16:54 | 08:35 | 16:07 | 17:14 | 9h 06min |
| February | 07:13 | 17:38 | 07:55 | 16:56 | 17:57 | 10h 25min |
| March | 07:24 | 19:17 | 08:03 | 18:38 | 19:35 | 11h 53min |
| April | 06:26 | 19:57 | 07:06 | 19:17 | 20:16 | 13h 31min |
| May | 05:41 | 20:35 | 06:24 | 19:52 | 20:56 | 14h 54min |
| June | 05:22 | 21:02 | 06:08 | 20:16 | 21:25 | 15h 40min |
| July | 05:37 | 20:57 | 06:22 | 20:13 | 21:19 | 15h 20min |
| August | 06:12 | 20:20 | 06:53 | 19:39 | 20:40 | 14h 08min |
| September | 06:50 | 19:24 | 07:29 | 18:45 | 19:42 | 12h 34min |
| October | 07:28 | 18:27 | 08:08 | 17:46 | 18:45 | 10h 59min |
| November | 07:11 | 16:42 | 07:56 | 15:57 | 17:02 | 9h 31min |
| December | 07:45 | 16:29 | 08:34 | 15:39 | 16:50 | 8h 44min |
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 06:08 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:22.
After sunset, Portland still offers the blue hour: from 21:25 to 21:40 in June (15 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 Portland today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Portland from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:16, in mid-December at 15:39.
How long does golden hour last in Portland?
Between 39 minutes (March) and 49 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.