Golden hour in Windhoek, Namibia today

Evening golden hour in Windhoek, Namibia runs 18:23 – 19:07 today, Saturday 10 October — that is 43m of usable low light before blue hour takes over.

This evening

Golden hour: 18:23 – 19:07
Duration: 43m
Sunset: 18:53
Blue hour: 19:07 – 19:16
Sunset direction: 262° (W)

18h 51m until sunset

This morning

Golden hour: 06:10 – 06:53
Duration: 43m
Sunrise: 06:23
Blue hour: 06:01 – 06:10
Sunrise direction: 98° (E)

The next seven days

Evening golden hour, blue hour and sunset for the coming week in Windhoek.
Date	Golden hour starts	Golden hour ends	Duration	Blue hour	Sunset	Sunset direction
Sat 10 Oct	18:23	19:07	43m	19:07 – 19:16	18:53	262° W
Sun 11 Oct	18:24	19:07	43m	19:07 – 19:16	18:54	262° W
Mon 12 Oct	18:24	19:08	43m	19:08 – 19:17	18:54	261° W
Tue 13 Oct	18:25	19:08	43m	19:08 – 19:17	18:54	261° W
Wed 14 Oct	18:25	19:09	43m	19:09 – 19:18	18:55	261° W
Thu 15 Oct	18:25	19:09	43m	19:09 – 19:18	18:55	260° W
Fri 16 Oct	18:26	19:10	43m	19:10 – 19:18	18:56	260° W

Golden hour in October 2026

Evening golden hour start, end and duration for every day of October 2026.
Date	Starts	Ends	Duration	Sunset
Thu 1	18:20	19:04	43m	18:50
Fri 2	18:21	19:04	43m	18:50
Sat 3	18:21	19:05	43m	18:51
Sun 4	18:21	19:05	43m	18:51
Mon 5	18:22	19:05	43m	18:51
Tue 6	18:22	19:06	43m	18:52
Wed 7	18:22	19:06	43m	18:52
Thu 8	18:23	19:06	43m	18:52
Fri 9	18:23	19:07	43m	18:53
Sat 10	18:23	19:07	43m	18:53
Sun 11	18:24	19:07	43m	18:54
Mon 12	18:24	19:08	43m	18:54
Tue 13	18:25	19:08	43m	18:54
Wed 14	18:25	19:09	43m	18:55
Thu 15	18:25	19:09	43m	18:55
Fri 16	18:26	19:10	43m	18:56
Sat 17	18:26	19:10	43m	18:56
Sun 18	18:26	19:10	44m	18:56
Mon 19	18:27	19:11	44m	18:57
Tue 20	18:27	19:11	44m	18:57
Wed 21	18:28	19:12	44m	18:58
Thu 22	18:28	19:12	44m	18:58
Fri 23	18:28	19:13	44m	18:59
Sat 24	18:29	19:13	44m	18:59
Sun 25	18:29	19:14	44m	19:00
Mon 26	18:30	19:14	44m	19:00
Tue 27	18:30	19:15	44m	19:01
Wed 28	18:31	19:15	44m	19:01
Thu 29	18:31	19:16	44m	19:02
Fri 30	18:32	19:16	44m	19:02
Sat 31	18:32	19:17	44m	19:03

How much golden light each month gives you

Total evening golden-hour minutes available in each month. The months differ by only a few minutes a day here, so no single one is worth planning a trip around.

What the numbers mean for Windhoek

Through October the evening window averages about 44 minutes a day here.

The window barely changes across the year — every month sits within a few minutes of 48 minutes. Close to the equator the sun drops almost vertically, so the golden band is crossed at much the same speed whatever the season.

A month from now the evening window will be about 2 minutes longer than tonight, and it will start at 18:37.

Compared with a temperate city, the window is short. London gets about 66 minutes this evening against 44 here — the sun meets the horizon almost vertically at 22.6°, so it crosses the golden band quickly and the light goes from warm to gone with little warning.

The light comes from west tonight, at 262° on the compass. Check that against your viewpoint before committing to it — the bearing moves through the year, as the table above shows.

What counts as golden hour

Golden hour is defined here by the sun’s altitude, not by a fixed number of minutes. It runs while the sun sits between +6° and −4° relative to the horizon: high enough to still light the scene, low enough that the light has travelled through a long path of atmosphere and lost its blue.

Below −4° the direct light is gone and blue hour takes over, running to −6° where civil twilight ends. Because the definition is angular, the length of golden hour depends on how steeply the sun meets the horizon — which is a function of latitude and season, not of the clock. That is why it lasts 43m here today and about 40 minutes at the equator.

Full definitions of every term used here — golden hour, blue hour, altitude, azimuth — are in the glossary.

Full sunrise and sunset times for Windhoek Twilight, solar noon, moon phases, the monthly calendar and the year in one chart.