Golden hour in Porto
Golden hour in Porto starts at 20:28 on 15 June and runs 42 minutes; on 15 December it is 44 minutes from 16:23. The calculator above is preset to Porto — 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 Porto
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Golden and blue hour in Porto: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Porto (41.1579, -8.6291) in the Europe/Lisbon timezone, DST included. Between December (44 minutes) and March (36 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 | 07:58 | 17:30 | 08:41 | 16:48 | 17:49 | 9h 32min |
| February | 07:30 | 18:09 | 08:09 | 17:30 | 18:26 | 10h 38min |
| March | 06:48 | 18:41 | 07:24 | 18:05 | 18:58 | 11h 54min |
| April | 06:56 | 20:14 | 07:33 | 19:37 | 20:32 | 13h 18min |
| May | 06:17 | 20:46 | 06:57 | 20:07 | 21:05 | 14h 29min |
| June | 06:02 | 21:09 | 06:44 | 20:28 | 21:30 | 15h 07min |
| July | 06:15 | 21:07 | 06:56 | 20:26 | 21:27 | 14h 52min |
| August | 06:45 | 20:35 | 07:22 | 19:57 | 20:53 | 13h 51min |
| September | 07:16 | 19:46 | 07:52 | 19:10 | 20:03 | 12h 30min |
| October | 07:46 | 18:56 | 08:24 | 18:18 | 19:13 | 11h 09min |
| November | 07:23 | 17:17 | 08:04 | 16:36 | 17:35 | 9h 54min |
| December | 07:54 | 17:07 | 08:38 | 16:23 | 17:27 | 9h 14min |
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 06:44 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:02.
After sunset, Porto still offers the blue hour: from 21:30 to 21:43 in June (13 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 Porto today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Porto from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:28, in mid-December at 16:23.
How long does golden hour last in Porto?
Between 36 minutes (March) and 44 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.