Golden hour in Rio de Janeiro
Golden hour in Rio de Janeiro starts at 16:43 on 15 June and runs 33 minutes; on 15 December it is 33 minutes from 18:02. The calculator above is preset to Rio de Janeiro — 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 Rio de Janeiro
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Golden and blue hour in Rio de Janeiro: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Rio de Janeiro (-22.9068, -43.1729) and the America/Sao_Paulo timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 30 minutes in February and 33 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 | 05:21 | 18:44 | 05:53 | 18:12 | 18:59 | 13h 23min |
| February | 05:42 | 18:33 | 06:13 | 18:03 | 18:48 | 12h 51min |
| March | 05:55 | 18:10 | 06:25 | 17:40 | 18:24 | 12h 15min |
| April | 06:06 | 17:40 | 06:37 | 17:10 | 17:54 | 11h 34min |
| May | 06:19 | 17:21 | 06:51 | 16:49 | 17:35 | 11h 01min |
| June | 06:32 | 17:16 | 07:05 | 16:43 | 17:31 | 10h 44min |
| July | 06:34 | 17:25 | 07:06 | 16:52 | 17:40 | 10h 51min |
| August | 06:19 | 17:38 | 06:50 | 17:07 | 17:52 | 11h 19min |
| September | 05:50 | 17:47 | 06:20 | 17:18 | 18:01 | 11h 57min |
| October | 05:21 | 17:57 | 05:51 | 17:27 | 18:11 | 12h 36min |
| November | 05:02 | 18:14 | 05:33 | 17:43 | 18:29 | 13h 13min |
| December | 05:03 | 18:35 | 05:35 | 18:02 | 18:50 | 13h 32min |
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 07:05 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:32.
After sunset, Rio de Janeiro still offers the blue hour: from 17:31 to 17:41 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 Rio de Janeiro today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Rio de Janeiro from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 16:43, in mid-December at 18:02.
How long does golden hour last in Rio de Janeiro?
Between 30 minutes (February) and 33 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.