Golden hour in San Antonio
Golden hour in San Antonio starts at 20:01 on 15 June and runs 35 minutes; on 15 December it is 36 minutes from 17:02. The calculator above is preset to San Antonio — 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 San Antonio
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Golden and blue hour in San Antonio: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of San Antonio (29.4241, -98.4936) and the America/Chicago timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 31 minutes in March and 36 in December — 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 | 07:30 | 17:58 | 08:05 | 17:23 | 18:14 | 10h 28min |
| February | 07:14 | 18:24 | 07:47 | 17:51 | 18:39 | 11h 10min |
| March | 07:45 | 19:43 | 08:16 | 19:11 | 19:57 | 11h 58min |
| April | 07:08 | 20:01 | 07:40 | 19:29 | 20:16 | 12h 53min |
| May | 06:43 | 20:20 | 07:16 | 19:46 | 20:36 | 13h 37min |
| June | 06:35 | 20:36 | 07:09 | 20:01 | 20:52 | 14h 01min |
| July | 06:45 | 20:36 | 07:19 | 20:02 | 20:52 | 13h 51min |
| August | 07:03 | 20:16 | 07:35 | 19:43 | 20:31 | 13h 13min |
| September | 07:20 | 19:41 | 07:51 | 19:09 | 19:55 | 12h 21min |
| October | 07:36 | 19:05 | 08:08 | 18:33 | 19:19 | 11h 29min |
| November | 06:59 | 17:40 | 07:33 | 17:06 | 17:56 | 10h 41min |
| December | 07:22 | 17:38 | 07:58 | 17:02 | 17:54 | 10h 16min |
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 07:09 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:35.
After sunset, San Antonio still offers the blue hour: from 20:52 to 21:03 in June (11 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 San Antonio today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for San Antonio from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:01, in mid-December at 17:02.
How long does golden hour last in San Antonio?
Between 31 minutes (March) and 36 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.