Golden hour in Salvador
Golden hour in Salvador starts at 16:45 on 15 June and runs 31 minutes; on 15 December it is 31 minutes from 17:26. The calculator above is preset to Salvador — 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 Salvador
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Golden and blue hour in Salvador: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Salvador (-12.9714, -38.5014) in the America/Bahia timezone, DST included. Between June (31 minutes) and March (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 | 05:20 | 18:08 | 05:50 | 17:38 | 18:22 | 12h 48min |
| February | 05:34 | 18:04 | 06:02 | 17:36 | 18:18 | 12h 31min |
| March | 05:38 | 17:49 | 06:06 | 17:21 | 18:02 | 12h 11min |
| April | 05:40 | 17:29 | 06:09 | 17:01 | 17:42 | 11h 49min |
| May | 05:46 | 17:17 | 06:16 | 16:47 | 17:31 | 11h 31min |
| June | 05:54 | 17:16 | 06:25 | 16:45 | 17:30 | 11h 22min |
| July | 05:58 | 17:23 | 06:28 | 16:53 | 17:37 | 11h 26min |
| August | 05:49 | 17:30 | 06:18 | 17:01 | 17:43 | 11h 41min |
| September | 05:30 | 17:31 | 05:58 | 17:03 | 17:44 | 12h 01min |
| October | 05:09 | 17:32 | 05:37 | 17:03 | 17:45 | 12h 23min |
| November | 04:58 | 17:41 | 05:28 | 17:11 | 17:55 | 12h 43min |
| December | 05:03 | 17:56 | 05:34 | 17:26 | 18:11 | 12h 53min |
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 06:25 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:54.
After sunset, Salvador still offers the blue hour: from 17:30 to 17:39 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 Salvador today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Salvador from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 16:45, in mid-December at 17:26.
How long does golden hour last in Salvador?
Between 28 minutes (March) and 31 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.