Golden hour in Porto Alegre
Golden hour in Porto Alegre starts at 16:57 on 15 June and runs 36 minutes; on 15 December it is 35 minutes from 18:48. The calculator above is preset to Porto Alegre — pick a date and sunrise, sunset, golden and blue hour for that exact shoot day are right there, exportable as a calendar entry.
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Golden and blue hour in Porto Alegre: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Porto Alegre (-30.0346, -51.2177) and the America/Sao_Paulo timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 32 minutes in February and 36 in June — schedule "an hour" and you are wrong in both.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 05:39 | 19:31 | 06:13 | 18:56 | 19:47 | 13h 52min |
| February | 06:06 | 19:14 | 06:38 | 18:41 | 19:29 | 13h 08min |
| March | 06:26 | 18:43 | 06:57 | 18:12 | 18:58 | 12h 18min |
| April | 06:44 | 18:07 | 07:17 | 17:34 | 18:21 | 11h 22min |
| May | 07:04 | 17:41 | 07:38 | 17:06 | 17:56 | 10h 37min |
| June | 07:20 | 17:33 | 07:56 | 16:57 | 17:49 | 10h 13min |
| July | 07:20 | 17:43 | 07:55 | 17:08 | 17:59 | 10h 23min |
| August | 07:00 | 18:01 | 07:33 | 17:28 | 18:16 | 11h 01min |
| September | 06:24 | 18:18 | 06:56 | 17:46 | 18:33 | 11h 54min |
| October | 05:48 | 18:35 | 06:19 | 18:03 | 18:50 | 12h 48min |
| November | 05:22 | 18:59 | 05:55 | 18:25 | 19:15 | 13h 37min |
| December | 05:19 | 19:23 | 05:54 | 18:48 | 19:39 | 14h 04min |
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 07:56 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 07:20.
After sunset, Porto Alegre still offers the blue hour: from 17:49 to 17:59 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 Porto Alegre today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Porto Alegre from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 16:57, in mid-December at 18:48.
How long does golden hour last in Porto Alegre?
Between 32 minutes (February) and 36 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.