Golden hour in Toronto
Golden hour in Toronto starts at 20:18 on 15 June and runs 44 minutes; on 15 December it is 47 minutes from 15:55. The calculator above is preset to Toronto — 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 Toronto
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Golden and blue hour in Toronto: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Toronto (43.6532, -79.3832) and the America/Toronto timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 38 minutes in March and 47 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 | 07:49 | 17:06 | 08:34 | 16:21 | 17:26 | 9h 18min |
| February | 07:17 | 17:48 | 07:58 | 17:08 | 18:06 | 10h 31min |
| March | 07:31 | 19:24 | 08:09 | 18:46 | 19:41 | 11h 53min |
| April | 06:36 | 20:01 | 07:14 | 19:22 | 20:19 | 13h 25min |
| May | 05:53 | 20:36 | 06:35 | 19:55 | 20:56 | 14h 43min |
| June | 05:36 | 21:01 | 06:20 | 20:18 | 21:23 | 15h 25min |
| July | 05:50 | 20:58 | 06:33 | 20:15 | 21:19 | 15h 07min |
| August | 06:23 | 20:23 | 07:02 | 19:43 | 20:42 | 14h 00min |
| September | 06:58 | 19:30 | 07:35 | 18:52 | 19:47 | 12h 32min |
| October | 07:32 | 18:36 | 08:11 | 17:57 | 18:53 | 11h 04min |
| November | 07:12 | 16:54 | 07:56 | 16:11 | 17:13 | 9h 41min |
| December | 07:45 | 16:42 | 08:32 | 15:55 | 17:02 | 8h 57min |
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 06:20 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:36.
After sunset, Toronto still offers the blue hour: from 21:23 to 21:37 in June (14 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 Toronto today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Toronto from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:18, in mid-December at 15:55.
How long does golden hour last in Toronto?
Between 38 minutes (March) and 47 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.