hora dourada
Golden hour in Lisbon.
Make time for the light.
Morning gold, the last warm light and the blue that follows. Choose your day, move through the hours and find a miradouro—a viewpoint—for a slower look at Lisbon.
Lisbon time at page update
19:21 WESTAstronomical light planner
- Sunrise
- 07:54
- Sunset
- 18:46
- Evening golden hour
- 18:09–19:02
- Evening blue hour
- 19:02–19:13
the next seven evenings
Keep an evening open.
Choose a day above to explore its light.
Find your kind of light.
North is at the top of each dial. Purple rays show the published broad outlook; the yellow dot is the calculated sun. Buildings, trees and the season still shape what you see.
Seven viewpoints, each with its own outlook.
Miradouro de Santa Catarina
Sun 261° · below horizon
View direction South-west · river & bridge
The Tagus estuary and the 25 de Abril Bridge are the main backdrop.
Evening ideaAn evening river pause. Where the sun sets along the skyline changes with the season.
- Morning gold
- 07:38–08:31
- Evening gold
- 18:09–19:02
- Evening blue
- 19:02–19:13
Evening cloud outlook
? No hourly forecast for this window
About this outlook
Published broad directions, not a measured viewing cone or a guarantee of a clear horizon.
- Turismo de Lisboa · panorama ↗ Read 2026-10-22
- Julia & Anatoly Motoryha · direction and photographic timing ↗ Read 2026-10-22
Miradouro de Santa Luzia
Sun 261° · below horizon
View direction South-east · Alfama & the Tagus
Look over Alfama’s roofs and church landmarks, with the river beyond.
Evening ideaStay for the roofs and river, rather than expect the setting sun in front of this outlook.
- Morning gold
- 07:38–08:31
- Evening gold
- 18:09–19:02
- Evening blue
- 19:02–19:13
Evening cloud outlook
? No hourly forecast for this window
About this outlook
Published broad directions, not a measured viewing cone or a guarantee of a clear horizon.
- Turismo de Lisboa · panorama ↗ Read 2026-10-22
- Julia & Anatoly Motoryha · direction and photographic timing ↗ Read 2026-10-22
Miradouro das Portas do Sol
Sun 261° · below horizon
View direction South-east · Alfama’s rooftops
A broad Alfama-and-river outlook, not a single fixed camera angle.
Evening ideaAn evening city view is a different experience from watching the sun set ahead of you.
- Morning gold
- 07:38–08:31
- Evening gold
- 18:09–19:02
- Evening blue
- 19:02–19:13
Evening cloud outlook
? No hourly forecast for this window
About this outlook
Published broad directions, not a measured viewing cone or a guarantee of a clear horizon.
- Turismo de Lisboa · square and panorama ↗ Read 2026-10-22
- Julia & Anatoly Motoryha · direction and photographic timing ↗ Read 2026-10-22
Miradouro da Graça
Sun 261° · below horizon
View direction West · castle, city & river
The city opens below the church terrace, beside the castle’s hill.
Evening ideaA late-afternoon photography choice, with the city and castle as the subject.
- Morning gold
- 07:38–08:31
- Evening gold
- 18:09–19:02
- Evening blue
- 19:02–19:13
Evening cloud outlook
? No hourly forecast for this window
About this outlook
Published broad directions, not a measured viewing cone or a guarantee of a clear horizon.
- Turismo de Lisboa · panorama ↗ Read 2026-10-22
- Julia & Anatoly Motoryha · direction and photographic timing ↗ Read 2026-10-22
Miradouro da Senhora do Monte
Sun 261° · below horizon
View direction West · a wide city panorama
The panorama includes the castle, Baixa, Carmo and the Tagus beyond.
Evening ideaA westward evening choice. Leave room for the view, rather than chase one exact sunset alignment.
- Morning gold
- 07:38–08:31
- Evening gold
- 18:09–19:02
- Evening blue
- 19:02–19:13
Evening cloud outlook
? No hourly forecast for this window
About this outlook
Published broad directions, not a measured viewing cone or a guarantee of a clear horizon.
- Turismo de Lisboa · panorama ↗ Read 2026-10-22
- Julia & Anatoly Motoryha · direction and photographic timing ↗ Read 2026-10-22
Miradouro de São Pedro de Alcântara
Sun 261° · below horizon
View direction East · Baixa, castle & Graça
Look across the city towards the castle and the Graça hill.
Evening ideaCome for evening light on the opposite castle hill—not a west-facing sunset over the river.
- Morning gold
- 07:38–08:31
- Evening gold
- 18:09–19:02
- Evening blue
- 19:02–19:13
Evening cloud outlook
? No hourly forecast for this window
About this outlook
Published broad directions, not a measured viewing cone or a guarantee of a clear horizon.
- Turismo de Lisboa · visible landmarks ↗ Read 2026-10-22
- Julia & Anatoly Motoryha · east-facing detail and photographic timing ↗ Read 2026-10-22
Miradouro de Monte Agudo
Sun 261° · below horizon
View direction West through north · another side of Lisbon
This outlook takes in the western and northern city, rather than the classic Alfama river scene.
Evening ideaConsider the western outlook for an evening pause; this timing suggestion is based on direction, not a surveyed sunset horizon.
- Morning gold
- 07:38–08:31
- Evening gold
- 18:09–19:02
- Evening blue
- 19:02–19:13
Evening cloud outlook
? No hourly forecast for this window
About this outlook
Published broad directions, not a measured viewing cone or a guarantee of a clear horizon.
- Turismo de Lisboa · north and west panorama ↗ Read 2026-10-22
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The light, without the guesswork.
All times use Europe/Lisbon, including the clock change. Golden hour here means the sun is between −4° and +6°; blue hour is −6° to −4°. Times are clear-horizon astronomical estimates, not a view of today’s sky. Buildings, trees and the shape of a hill can hide the sun earlier.
Cloud guidance uses the existing city forecast, only when it was retrieved within an hour. It follows the selected morning or evening golden-hour window and shows the forecast’s age. It is not a guarantee of colour or a live camera view.
Check the hills before the walk → · See the weather → · Photo credits →
Calculation & data
SunCalc 2.0.1 calculates the solar positions on your device at public city/viewpoint coordinates. Your own location is not needed. Purple rays are published cardinal directions, not a measured horizon. São Pedro de Alcântara faces east: its evening appeal is light on the opposite castle hill, not a westward sunset.
Published panorama directions and light ideas: Julia & Anatoly Motoryha’s photography guide and Turismo de Lisboa’s viewpoint descriptions, linked on each card. The photography guide’s overview groups São Pedro with west-facing stops; its detailed entry and the opposite-hill landmarks identify an east-facing panorama. We use that detailed direction.
Forecast: weather data and licence. Public coordinates: existing reviewed OpenStreetMap references and Turismo de Lisboa’s Monte Agudo listing. Elevations are modelled surface heights, not a survey, and are not used to promise a visible sunset.