Golden hour in Recife
Golden hour in Recife starts at 16:40 on 15 June and runs 30 minutes; on 15 December it is 30 minutes from 17:03. The calculator above is preset to Recife — 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 Recife
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Golden and blue hour in Recife: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Recife (-8.0476, -34.877) in the America/Recife timezone, DST included. Between January (30 minutes) and February (28 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 | 05:13 | 17:46 | 05:43 | 17:16 | 17:59 | 12h 32min |
| February | 05:24 | 17:45 | 05:52 | 17:17 | 17:58 | 12h 22min |
| March | 05:25 | 17:34 | 05:52 | 17:06 | 17:47 | 12h 09min |
| April | 05:22 | 17:18 | 05:50 | 16:50 | 17:31 | 11h 56min |
| May | 05:24 | 17:09 | 05:54 | 16:40 | 17:23 | 11h 45min |
| June | 05:31 | 17:11 | 06:01 | 16:40 | 17:24 | 11h 39min |
| July | 05:35 | 17:17 | 06:05 | 16:47 | 17:31 | 11h 42min |
| August | 05:30 | 17:20 | 05:58 | 16:52 | 17:33 | 11h 51min |
| September | 05:14 | 17:17 | 05:42 | 16:50 | 17:30 | 12h 03min |
| October | 04:58 | 17:14 | 05:26 | 16:46 | 17:27 | 12h 16min |
| November | 04:51 | 17:19 | 05:20 | 16:50 | 17:33 | 12h 29min |
| December | 04:58 | 17:33 | 05:28 | 17:03 | 17:47 | 12h 35min |
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 06:01 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:31.
After sunset, Recife still offers the blue hour: from 17:24 to 17:33 in June (9 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 Recife today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Recife from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 16:40, in mid-December at 17:03.
How long does golden hour last in Recife?
Between 28 minutes (February) and 30 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.