Morning blue hour—
Morning golden hour—
Sunrise · Sunset—
Evening golden hour—
Evening blue hour—
Solar noon · day length—
How it works#
We define golden hour as the sun between 6° above and 4° below the horizon and blue hour as 4°–6° below, the definitions used by most photo planning apps. Times are computed in your browser with the NOAA solar position algorithm (accuracy ≈1 minute away from the poles).
Golden hour by city#
- Shanghai China
- Chongqing China
- Chengdu China
- Beijing China
- Guangzhou China
- Shenzhen China
- Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Istanbul Turkey
- Lagos Nigeria
- Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam
- Tianjin China
- Wuhan China
- Lahore Pakistan
- Xi’an China
- Mumbai India
- São Paulo Brazil
- Mexico City Mexico
- Hangzhou China
- Karachi Pakistan
- Delhi India
- Moscow Russia
- Dhaka Bangladesh
- Seoul South Korea
- Harbin China
- Tokyo Japan
- Dongguan China
- Cairo Egypt
- Hefei China
- Johannesburg South Africa
- Weifang China
- Nanjing China
- Shenyang China
- Foshan China
- London United Kingdom
- New York City United States
- Jakarta Indonesia
Last updated October 03, 2026 · How we calculate · Sources