Golden hour in Victoria
Golden hour in Victoria starts at 20:28 on 15 June and runs 49 minutes; on 15 December it is 54 minutes from 15:25. The calculator above is preset to Victoria — 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 Victoria
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Golden and blue hour in Victoria: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Victoria (48.4284, -123.3656) and the America/Vancouver timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 41 minutes in March and 54 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 | 08:01 | 16:46 | 08:52 | 15:55 | 17:08 | 8h 46min |
| February | 07:22 | 17:35 | 08:06 | 16:51 | 17:55 | 10h 14min |
| March | 07:27 | 19:19 | 08:09 | 18:37 | 19:38 | 11h 51min |
| April | 06:24 | 20:04 | 07:06 | 19:22 | 20:24 | 13h 41min |
| May | 05:34 | 20:47 | 06:20 | 20:01 | 21:10 | 15h 13min |
| June | 05:12 | 21:17 | 06:02 | 20:28 | 21:42 | 16h 05min |
| July | 05:29 | 21:12 | 06:16 | 20:24 | 21:35 | 15h 43min |
| August | 06:08 | 20:30 | 06:52 | 19:46 | 20:51 | 14h 21min |
| September | 06:51 | 19:28 | 07:32 | 18:47 | 19:47 | 12h 37min |
| October | 07:34 | 18:26 | 08:17 | 17:43 | 18:45 | 10h 52min |
| November | 07:22 | 16:36 | 08:11 | 15:47 | 16:57 | 9h 14min |
| December | 07:59 | 16:20 | 08:54 | 15:25 | 16:43 | 8h 20min |
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 06:02 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:12.
After sunset, Victoria still offers the blue hour: from 21:42 to 21:59 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 Victoria today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Victoria from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:28, in mid-December at 15:25.
How long does golden hour last in Victoria?
Between 41 minutes (March) and 54 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.