Golden hour in Vancouver
Golden hour in Vancouver starts at 20:30 on 15 June and runs 51 minutes; on 15 December it is 56 minutes from 15:19. The calculator above is preset to Vancouver — 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 Vancouver
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Golden and blue hour in Vancouver: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Vancouver (49.2827, -123.1207) and the America/Vancouver timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 42 minutes in March and 56 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 | 08:03 | 16:42 | 08:56 | 15:49 | 17:05 | 8h 39min |
| February | 07:22 | 17:33 | 08:08 | 16:47 | 17:53 | 10h 10min |
| March | 07:27 | 19:18 | 08:09 | 18:36 | 19:37 | 11h 51min |
| April | 06:21 | 20:05 | 07:04 | 19:22 | 20:25 | 13h 44min |
| May | 05:30 | 20:49 | 06:17 | 20:03 | 21:13 | 15h 19min |
| June | 05:07 | 21:21 | 05:58 | 20:30 | 21:46 | 16h 13min |
| July | 05:24 | 21:14 | 06:13 | 20:25 | 21:39 | 15h 50min |
| August | 06:05 | 20:31 | 06:49 | 19:46 | 20:52 | 14h 26min |
| September | 06:50 | 19:27 | 07:32 | 18:46 | 19:47 | 12h 38min |
| October | 07:34 | 18:24 | 08:18 | 17:40 | 18:43 | 10h 50min |
| November | 07:24 | 16:32 | 08:14 | 15:42 | 16:54 | 9h 08min |
| December | 08:02 | 16:15 | 08:58 | 15:19 | 16:38 | 8h 13min |
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 05:58 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:07.
After sunset, Vancouver still offers the blue hour: from 21:46 to 22:04 in June (17 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 Vancouver today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Vancouver from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:30, in mid-December at 15:19.
How long does golden hour last in Vancouver?
Between 42 minutes (March) and 56 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.