Golden hour in Annecy
Golden hour in Annecy starts at 20:42 on 15 June and runs 46 minutes; on 15 December it is 50 minutes from 16:02. The calculator above is preset to Annecy — 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 Annecy
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Golden and blue hour in Annecy: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Annecy (45.8992, 6.1294) in the Europe/Paris timezone, DST included. Between December (50 minutes) and September (39 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.3.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 08:14 | 17:17 | 09:02 | 16:29 | 17:38 | 9h 03min |
| February | 07:39 | 18:02 | 08:22 | 17:19 | 18:21 | 10h 22min |
| March | 06:50 | 18:41 | 07:29 | 18:02 | 18:59 | 11h 51min |
| April | 06:51 | 20:22 | 07:31 | 19:42 | 20:41 | 13h 31min |
| May | 06:05 | 21:01 | 06:48 | 20:17 | 21:22 | 14h 56min |
| June | 05:45 | 21:28 | 06:32 | 20:42 | 21:51 | 15h 43min |
| July | 06:00 | 21:24 | 06:45 | 20:39 | 21:46 | 15h 24min |
| August | 06:36 | 20:46 | 07:17 | 20:05 | 21:06 | 14h 10min |
| September | 07:14 | 19:49 | 07:53 | 19:10 | 20:08 | 12h 35min |
| October | 07:52 | 18:52 | 08:33 | 18:11 | 19:10 | 10h 59min |
| November | 07:36 | 17:06 | 08:22 | 16:20 | 17:26 | 9h 30min |
| December | 08:11 | 16:52 | 09:01 | 16:02 | 17:13 | 8h 41min |
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 06:32 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:45.
After sunset, Annecy still offers the blue hour: from 21:51 to 22:07 in June (15 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 Annecy today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Annecy from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:42, in mid-December at 16:02.
How long does golden hour last in Annecy?
Between 39 minutes (September) and 50 minutes (December) in the evening. The name misleads — it never actually reaches a full hour here.
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.