Golden hour in Amsterdam
Golden hour in Amsterdam starts at 21:09 on 15 June and runs 56 minutes; on 15 December it is 64 minutes from 15:24. The calculator above is preset to Amsterdam — pick a date and sunrise, sunset, golden and blue hour for that exact shoot day are right there, exportable as a calendar entry.
Golden hour calculator for Amsterdam
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Golden and blue hour in Amsterdam: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Amsterdam (52.3676, 4.9041) in the Europe/Amsterdam timezone, DST included. Between December (64 minutes) and March (45 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.4.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 08:44 | 16:57 | 09:43 | 15:57 | 17:21 | 8h 12min |
| February | 07:58 | 17:53 | 08:47 | 17:04 | 18:15 | 9h 55min |
| March | 06:56 | 18:44 | 07:41 | 17:59 | 19:05 | 11h 48min |
| April | 06:44 | 20:38 | 07:30 | 19:52 | 21:00 | 13h 54min |
| May | 05:46 | 21:29 | 06:37 | 20:38 | 21:55 | 15h 43min |
| June | 05:19 | 22:05 | 06:14 | 21:09 | 22:34 | 16h 46min |
| July | 05:37 | 21:57 | 06:30 | 21:04 | 22:25 | 16h 20min |
| August | 06:24 | 21:08 | 07:11 | 20:20 | 21:31 | 14h 44min |
| September | 07:15 | 19:58 | 08:00 | 19:13 | 20:19 | 12h 43min |
| October | 08:06 | 18:48 | 08:53 | 18:01 | 19:09 | 10h 42min |
| November | 08:02 | 16:50 | 08:57 | 15:55 | 17:13 | 8h 48min |
| December | 08:45 | 16:28 | 09:48 | 15:24 | 16:54 | 7h 43min |
Fitting the window into the shoot day
The evening window is the reliable half: the crew is warmed up, the setup exists, and golden hour is the last slot before wrap. The morning window right after sunrise (until 06:14 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:19.
After sunset, Amsterdam still offers the blue hour: from 22:34 to 22:54 in June (20 minutes). If you need both looks on one evening, everything from the start of golden hour to the end of blue hour is one continuous window — with no room for a re-rig inside it.
Frequently asked
When is golden hour in Amsterdam today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Amsterdam from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 21:09, in mid-December at 15:24.
How long does golden hour last in Amsterdam?
Between 45 minutes (March) and 64 minutes (December) in the evening. The name misleads — it only reaches a full hour in the longest months.
How accurate are the times?
To about one minute (standard NOAA-style solar computation). Not included: horizon shading from buildings or hills to the west — which can genuinely shorten the window at your location.