Golden hour in Valencia
Golden hour in Valencia starts at 20:51 on 15 June and runs 40 minutes; on 15 December it is 42 minutes from 16:57. The calculator above is preset to Valencia — 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 Valencia
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Golden and blue hour in Valencia: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Valencia (39.4699, -0.3763) and the Europe/Madrid timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 35 minutes in September and 42 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 | 08:21 | 18:02 | 09:02 | 17:21 | 18:20 | 9h 41min |
| February | 07:55 | 18:38 | 08:32 | 18:01 | 18:55 | 10h 43min |
| March | 07:14 | 19:08 | 07:50 | 18:33 | 19:25 | 11h 54min |
| April | 07:25 | 20:39 | 08:01 | 20:03 | 20:56 | 13h 14min |
| May | 06:49 | 21:09 | 07:27 | 20:30 | 21:27 | 14h 20min |
| June | 06:35 | 21:31 | 07:15 | 20:51 | 21:51 | 14h 56min |
| July | 06:47 | 21:29 | 07:27 | 20:49 | 21:48 | 14h 42min |
| August | 07:15 | 20:59 | 07:52 | 20:22 | 21:17 | 13h 45min |
| September | 07:43 | 20:12 | 08:19 | 19:37 | 20:29 | 12h 29min |
| October | 08:12 | 19:24 | 08:48 | 18:48 | 19:41 | 11h 13min |
| November | 07:46 | 17:48 | 08:26 | 17:08 | 18:06 | 10h 02min |
| December | 08:15 | 17:39 | 08:58 | 16:57 | 17:58 | 9h 24min |
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 07:15 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:35.
After sunset, Valencia still offers the blue hour: from 21:51 to 22:03 in June (13 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 Valencia today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Valencia from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:51, in mid-December at 16:57.
How long does golden hour last in Valencia?
Between 35 minutes (September) and 42 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.