Golden hour in Santiago
Golden hour in Santiago starts at 17:04 on 15 June and runs 38 minutes; on 15 December it is 37 minutes from 20:13. The calculator above is preset to Santiago — 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 Santiago
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Golden and blue hour in Santiago: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Santiago (-33.4489, -70.6693) in the America/Santiago timezone, DST included. Between June (38 minutes) and March (33 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.2.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 06:49 | 20:56 | 07:25 | 20:20 | 21:13 | 14h 07min |
| February | 07:19 | 20:36 | 07:53 | 20:02 | 20:52 | 13h 17min |
| March | 07:43 | 20:02 | 08:16 | 19:29 | 20:17 | 12h 19min |
| April | 07:05 | 18:21 | 07:39 | 17:48 | 18:37 | 11h 16min |
| May | 07:28 | 17:52 | 08:04 | 17:16 | 18:08 | 10h 24min |
| June | 07:46 | 17:42 | 08:24 | 17:04 | 17:59 | 9h 57min |
| July | 07:45 | 17:53 | 08:22 | 17:16 | 18:10 | 10h 08min |
| August | 07:22 | 18:14 | 07:57 | 17:40 | 18:30 | 10h 52min |
| September | 07:43 | 19:35 | 08:16 | 19:02 | 19:50 | 11h 52min |
| October | 07:02 | 19:56 | 07:35 | 19:23 | 20:11 | 12h 54min |
| November | 06:33 | 20:24 | 07:08 | 19:49 | 20:40 | 13h 51min |
| December | 06:28 | 20:49 | 07:05 | 20:13 | 21:07 | 14h 21min |
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 08:24 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 07:46.
After sunset, Santiago still offers the blue hour: from 17:59 to 18:10 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 Santiago today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Santiago from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 17:04, in mid-December at 20:13.
How long does golden hour last in Santiago?
Between 33 minutes (March) and 38 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.