The sunset scale
At what time the sun sets over the White Beach on every day of the season — and how it was calculated.
How it was calculated
The time was calculated by the NOAA Solar Calculator algorithm for the point 40.5924° N, 49.98451° E (the White Beach beach) with a correction for refraction (zenith 90.833°) and the UTC+4 time zone that has been in effect in Azerbaijan all year round since 2016. The possible margin of error is about a minute. This is an astronomical calculation, not the bar's schedule.
The “golden hour” on the site is the last 60 minutes before the calculated sunset; civil twilight is about 31 minutes after sunset, when it is still light.
This is not the bar's schedule
Sunset Bar has not published its own opening hours. The table below answers only the astronomical question “when will the sun set” and says nothing about whether the bar is open at that time. The official hours of the White Beach beach are daily 10:00–19:00 (the beach, the 2026 season).
The whole season by date
The step is five days, from May 1 to October 15, 2026. Next to each sunset is the start of the golden hour.
- 19:36May 1 · golden hour from 18:36
- 19:41May 6 · golden hour from 18:41
- 19:46May 11 · golden hour from 18:46
- 19:51May 16 · golden hour from 18:51
- 19:55May 21 · golden hour from 18:55
- 20:00May 26 · golden hour from 19:00
- 20:04May 31 · golden hour from 19:04
- 20:07June 5 · golden hour from 19:07
- 20:10June 10 · golden hour from 19:10
- 20:12June 15 · golden hour from 19:12
- 20:14June 20 · golden hour from 19:14
- 20:15June 25 · golden hour from 19:15
- 20:15June 30 · golden hour from 19:15
- 20:14July 5 · golden hour from 19:14
- 20:12July 10 · golden hour from 19:12
- 20:10July 15 · golden hour from 19:10
- 20:07July 20 · golden hour from 19:07
- 20:03July 25 · golden hour from 19:03
- 19:58July 30 · golden hour from 18:58
- 19:52August 4 · golden hour from 18:52
- 19:46August 9 · golden hour from 18:46
- 19:40August 14 · golden hour from 18:40
- 19:33August 19 · golden hour from 18:33
- 19:25August 24 · golden hour from 18:25
- 19:18August 29 · golden hour from 18:18
- 19:10September 3 · golden hour from 18:10
- 19:01September 8 · golden hour from 18:01
- 18:53September 13 · golden hour from 17:53
- 18:45September 18 · golden hour from 17:45
- 18:36September 23 · golden hour from 17:36
- 18:28September 28 · golden hour from 17:28
- 18:19October 3 · golden hour from 17:19
- 18:11October 8 · golden hour from 17:11
- 18:03October 13 · golden hour from 17:03
- 18:00October 15 · golden hour from 17:00
| The latest sunset | 20:15 — holds from June 23 to July 2 |
|---|---|
| The earliest sunset of the season | 18:00 — October 15 |
| The difference over the season | 135 minutes |
| The calculation point | 40.5924° N, 49.98451° E |
| Time zone | UTC+4 all year round; there has been no clock change in Azerbaijan since 2016 |
Two minutes
At the latitude of Baku the solar disk drops below the horizon in about two minutes. After that civil twilight lasts for about another half hour — it is light, but the sun is already gone.
What happens after sunset
The golden hour
The last 60 minutes before sunset: the light is warm and low, the shadows are long. In June this is roughly from 19:14 to 20:14, in September from 17:50 to 18:50.
Civil twilight
About 31 minutes after sunset, until the center of the disk drops 6° below the horizon. You can still leave the lamps off.
The boundaries of the golden hour and of twilight on this page are approximate: they are calculated as fixed offsets from the calculated sunset, not by a separate astronomical calculation of the Sun's altitude.