Pokémon Spotlight Hour

Pokémon Spotlight Hour is a weekly event that features increased spawn rate of Pokémon in the wild and bonuses for Candy, Stardust, or XP.^[1] It occurs on Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in local time zone.

List of Pokémon Spotlight Hours

2021

Date	Featured Pokémon	Bonuses
May 25^th	Marill	Double catch Stardust Shiny possible Part of Luminous Legends Y
May 18^th	Alolan Rattata	Double evolving XP Shiny possible Part of Luminous Legends Y
May 11^th	Dratini	Double transfer Candy Shiny possible Part of Luminous Legends X
May 4^th	Cottonee	Double catch Candy Part of Luminous Legends X
April 27^th	Finneon	Double catch XP
April 20^th	Grimer	Double catch Stardust Shiny possible Part of Sustainability Week
April 13^th	Mankey	Double evolving XP Shiny possible Part of Rivals' Week
April 6^th	Buneary	Double transfer Candy Shiny possible Part of Spring into Spring
March 30^th	Slugma	Double catch Candy
March 23^rd	Surskit	Double catch XP
March 16^th	Voltorb	Double catch Stardust Shiny possible Part of Charge Up
March 9^th	Drowzee	Double evolving XP Shiny possible
March 2^nd	Krabby	Double transfer Candy Shiny possible
February 23^rd	Pikachu	Double catch Candy Shiny possible Part of Kanto Celebration Event
February 16^th	Luvdisc	Double catch XP Shiny possible Part of Valentine's Day 2021
February 9^th	Miltank	Double catch Stardust Shiny possible Part of Lunar New Year 2021
February 2^nd	Ekans	Double evolving XP Shiny possible Part of Team GO Rocket Celebration
January 26^th	Phanpy	Double transfer Candy Part of Johto Celebration Event
January 19^th	Shroomish	Double catch Candy Part of Hoenn Celebration Event
January 12^th	Drifloon	Double catch XP Shiny possible Part of Sinnoh Celebration Event
January 5^th	Lillipup	Double catch Stardust Shiny possible Part of Unova Celebration Event

2020

Date	Featured Pokémon	Bonuses
December 29^th	Snover	Double evolving XP Shiny possible Part of Holiday 2020
December 22^nd	Snorunt	Double transfer Candy Shiny possible Part of Holiday 2020
December 15^th	Explorer Pikachu	Double catch Candy Shiny possible Part of Secrets of the Jungle Event
December 8^th	Swinub	Double catch Stardust Shiny possible
December 1^st	Seel	Double evolving XP Shiny possible
November 24^th	Barboach	Double transfer Candy Shiny possible
November 17^th	Meowth	Double catch Candy Shiny possible
November 10^th	Jigglypuff	Double catch XP Shiny possible
November 3^rd	Cubone	Double catch Stardust Shiny possible
October 27^th	Duskull	Double evolving XP Shiny possible Part of Halloween 2020
October 20^th	Shuppet	Double transfer Candy Shiny possible
October 13^th	Ash Pikachu	Double catch Candy Shiny possible
October 6^th	Worldcap Pikachu^[2]	Double catch XP Shiny possible
September 29^th	Skitty	Double catch Stardust Shiny possible
September 22^nd	Spearow	Double evolving XP
September 15^th	Tentacool	Double transfer Candy Shiny possible
September 8^th	Houndour	Double catch Candy Shiny possible
September 1^st	Eevee	Double catch XP Shiny possible
August 25^th	Geodude	Double catch Stardust Shiny possible
August 18^th	Venipede	Double evolving XP Part of Unova Week
August 11^th	Sableye	Double transfer Candy Shiny possible
August 4^th	Horsea	Double catch Candy Shiny possible Part of Dragon Week
July 28^th	Buizel	Double catch XP
July 21^st	Oddish	Double catch Stardust Shiny possible Part of Summer Event
July 14^th	Zubat	Double evolving XP Shiny possible Part of Team GO Rocket Event
July 7^th	Taillow	Double transfer Candy Shiny possible Part of the 4th Anniversary
June 30^th	Kricketot	Double catch Candy Part of Bug Out 2020
June 23^rd	Clefairy	Double catch XP Shiny possible Part of Summer Solstice
June 16^th	Numel	Double catch Stardust
June 9^th	Patrat	Double evolve XP Shiny possible
May 26^th	Bronzor	Double transfer Candy Shiny possible Part of Throwback Challenge 2020: Sinnoh
May 19^th	Poochyena	Double catch Candy Shiny possible Part of Throwback Challenge 2020: Hoenn
May 12^th	Sunkern	Double catch XP Shiny possible Part of Throwback Challenge 2020: Johto
May 5^th	Shellder	Double catch Stardust Shiny possible Part of Throwback Challenge 2020: Kanto
April 28^th	Pidgey	Double evolve XP Shiny possible
April 21^st	Wobbuffet	Double transfer Candy Shiny possible^[3]
April 14^th	Magnemite	Double catch Candy Shiny possible
April 7^th	Purrloin	Double catch XP
March 3^rd March 10^th March 17^th March 24^th March 31^st	Increased spawnpoints	Official blog announced generic spawnrate increase on every next Tuesday^[4]
February 18^th	Increased spawnpoints
February 11^th	Spoink	Shiny possible
February 4^th	Onix	Shiny possible

Trivia

This event was canceled on February 25^th, 2020.^[5]
Pokémon Spotlight Hours on March 3^rd, 10^th and 17^th, 2020 were canceled in Japan, South Korea and Italy due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[6]
Since April 2020, Pokémon Spotlight Hour is combined with Mystery Bonus Hour, featuring both a Pokémon and a special bonus.^[7]
This event was canceled on June 2^nd, 2020.^[8] It was likely because of the global downtime on June 1^st, from around 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. PDT.^[9]