Golden hour in Muscat in December

Muscat lies at 23.59° N, in the subtropics, with short, decisive twilights. Its longest measured day falls on Sun 21 June 2026 with 13h 36m of daylight, and its shortest on Fri 18 December 2026 with 10h 41m — a difference of 2h 55m between the two extremes.

Evening golden hour in Muscat runs for roughly 33 minutes at the height of summer, 30 minutes around the March equinox and 33 minutes at midwinter. The warm window is at its most generous in summer, so summer shoots allow more time to work a location.

The sun sets toward 296° WNW in late June and toward 245° WSW in late December, a shift of about 51° in where the last light lands — worth checking before committing to a west-facing viewpoint. In Muscat, the sky reaches full darkness between evening and morning twilight year-round.