Golden hour in Sydney
Golden hour in Sydney starts at 16:16 on 15 June and runs 38 minutes; on 15 December it is 37 minutes from 19:26. The calculator above is preset to Sydney — 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 Sydney
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Golden and blue hour in Sydney: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Sydney (-33.8688, 151.2093) in the Australia/Sydney 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 | 06:00 | 20:10 | 06:36 | 19:34 | 20:27 | 14h 10min |
| February | 06:31 | 19:50 | 07:05 | 19:16 | 20:06 | 13h 19min |
| March | 06:55 | 19:16 | 07:28 | 18:43 | 19:31 | 12h 21min |
| April | 06:18 | 17:34 | 06:52 | 17:00 | 17:50 | 11h 16min |
| May | 06:41 | 17:04 | 07:17 | 16:28 | 17:20 | 10h 23min |
| June | 06:59 | 16:54 | 07:37 | 16:16 | 17:11 | 9h 55min |
| July | 06:59 | 17:04 | 07:36 | 16:27 | 17:21 | 10h 06min |
| August | 06:36 | 17:26 | 07:11 | 16:51 | 17:42 | 10h 50min |
| September | 05:56 | 17:47 | 06:29 | 17:14 | 18:02 | 11h 51min |
| October | 06:15 | 19:08 | 06:48 | 18:35 | 19:24 | 12h 53min |
| November | 05:45 | 19:36 | 06:20 | 19:01 | 19:53 | 13h 51min |
| December | 05:39 | 20:02 | 06:16 | 19:26 | 20:20 | 14h 23min |
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 07:37 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:59.
After sunset, Sydney still offers the blue hour: from 17:11 to 17:21 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 Sydney today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Sydney from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 16:16, in mid-December at 19:26.
How long does golden hour last in Sydney?
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.