Golden hour in Windhoek
Golden hour in Windhoek starts at 17:43 on 15 June and runs 33 minutes; on 15 December it is 32 minutes from 19:00. The calculator above is preset to Windhoek — 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 Windhoek
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Golden and blue hour in Windhoek: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Windhoek (-22.5609, 17.0658) in the Africa/Windhoek timezone, DST included. Between June (33 minutes) and February (30 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.1.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 06:21 | 19:43 | 06:53 | 19:11 | 19:58 | 13h 22min |
| February | 06:42 | 19:32 | 07:12 | 19:02 | 19:46 | 12h 51min |
| March | 06:54 | 19:09 | 07:24 | 18:39 | 19:23 | 12h 15min |
| April | 07:05 | 18:40 | 07:35 | 18:10 | 18:54 | 11h 35min |
| May | 07:18 | 18:20 | 07:50 | 17:48 | 18:35 | 11h 03min |
| June | 07:30 | 18:16 | 08:03 | 17:43 | 18:31 | 10h 46min |
| July | 07:32 | 18:24 | 08:05 | 17:52 | 18:39 | 10h 52min |
| August | 07:17 | 18:37 | 07:48 | 18:06 | 18:51 | 11h 20min |
| September | 06:50 | 18:46 | 07:19 | 18:17 | 19:00 | 11h 57min |
| October | 06:20 | 18:56 | 06:50 | 18:26 | 19:10 | 12h 36min |
| November | 06:02 | 19:13 | 06:33 | 18:42 | 19:28 | 13h 11min |
| December | 06:02 | 19:33 | 06:35 | 19:00 | 19:48 | 13h 30min |
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 08:03 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 07:30.
After sunset, Windhoek still offers the blue hour: from 18:31 to 18:40 in June (9 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 Windhoek today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Windhoek from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 17:43, in mid-December at 19:00.
How long does golden hour last in Windhoek?
Between 30 minutes (February) and 33 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.