Golden hour in Valparaíso
Golden hour in Valparaíso starts at 17:09 on 15 June and runs 38 minutes; on 15 December it is 36 minutes from 20:16. The calculator above is preset to Valparaíso — 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 Valparaíso
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Golden and blue hour in Valparaíso: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Valparaíso (-33.0472, -71.6127) 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 | 06:54 | 20:59 | 07:29 | 20:23 | 21:16 | 14h 05min |
| February | 07:24 | 20:39 | 07:57 | 20:06 | 20:55 | 13h 15min |
| March | 07:47 | 20:06 | 08:19 | 19:33 | 20:21 | 12h 19min |
| April | 07:09 | 18:25 | 07:42 | 17:52 | 18:41 | 11h 17min |
| May | 07:31 | 17:57 | 08:07 | 17:21 | 18:13 | 10h 26min |
| June | 07:48 | 17:47 | 08:26 | 17:09 | 18:04 | 9h 59min |
| July | 07:48 | 17:58 | 08:25 | 17:21 | 18:15 | 10h 10min |
| August | 07:25 | 18:19 | 08:00 | 17:44 | 18:34 | 10h 53min |
| September | 07:46 | 19:39 | 08:19 | 19:06 | 19:54 | 11h 52min |
| October | 07:06 | 19:59 | 07:39 | 19:26 | 20:15 | 12h 53min |
| November | 06:37 | 20:27 | 07:12 | 19:52 | 20:43 | 13h 49min |
| December | 06:33 | 20:52 | 07:09 | 20:16 | 21:09 | 14h 19min |
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 08:26 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 07:48.
After sunset, Valparaíso still offers the blue hour: from 18:04 to 18:15 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 Valparaíso today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Valparaíso from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 17:09, in mid-December at 20:16.
How long does golden hour last in Valparaíso?
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.