Golden hour in Wellington
Golden hour in Wellington starts at 16:14 on 15 June and runs 44 minutes; on 15 December it is 42 minutes from 20:09. The calculator above is preset to Wellington — 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 Wellington
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Golden and blue hour in Wellington: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Wellington (-41.2866, 174.7756) and the Pacific/Auckland timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 36 minutes in March and 44 in June — 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 | 06:06 | 20:56 | 06:46 | 20:15 | 21:15 | 14h 50min |
| February | 06:45 | 20:27 | 07:23 | 19:49 | 20:45 | 13h 42min |
| March | 07:18 | 19:44 | 07:54 | 19:07 | 20:01 | 12h 26min |
| April | 06:51 | 17:52 | 07:29 | 17:15 | 18:09 | 11h 01min |
| May | 07:22 | 17:14 | 08:04 | 16:33 | 17:32 | 9h 51min |
| June | 07:46 | 16:58 | 08:30 | 16:14 | 17:18 | 9h 13min |
| July | 07:44 | 17:11 | 08:27 | 16:28 | 17:30 | 9h 27min |
| August | 07:13 | 17:40 | 07:52 | 17:00 | 17:57 | 10h 26min |
| September | 06:24 | 18:10 | 07:01 | 17:34 | 18:27 | 11h 46min |
| October | 06:34 | 19:41 | 07:10 | 19:05 | 19:59 | 13h 08min |
| November | 05:54 | 20:19 | 06:33 | 19:39 | 20:38 | 14h 25min |
| December | 05:43 | 20:50 | 06:24 | 20:09 | 21:11 | 15h 08min |
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 08:30 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 07:46.
After sunset, Wellington still offers the blue hour: from 17:18 to 17:30 in June (12 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 Wellington today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Wellington from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 16:14, in mid-December at 20:09.
How long does golden hour last in Wellington?
Between 36 minutes (March) and 44 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.