Golden hour in Basel
Golden hour in Basel starts at 20:41 on 15 June and runs 48 minutes; on 15 December it is 53 minutes from 15:47. The calculator above is preset to Basel — 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 Basel
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Golden and blue hour in Basel: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Basel (47.5596, 7.5886) and the Europe/Zurich timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 41 minutes in March and 53 in December — schedule "an hour" and you are wrong in both.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 08:14 | 17:05 | 09:04 | 16:15 | 17:27 | 8h 51min |
| February | 07:37 | 17:53 | 08:21 | 17:09 | 18:12 | 10h 16min |
| March | 06:44 | 18:35 | 07:25 | 17:54 | 18:54 | 11h 51min |
| April | 06:42 | 20:19 | 07:23 | 19:37 | 20:38 | 13h 36min |
| May | 05:54 | 21:00 | 06:39 | 20:15 | 21:22 | 15h 06min |
| June | 05:32 | 21:29 | 06:21 | 20:41 | 21:54 | 15h 57min |
| July | 05:48 | 21:24 | 06:35 | 20:38 | 21:48 | 15h 37min |
| August | 06:26 | 20:44 | 07:09 | 20:02 | 21:05 | 14h 18min |
| September | 07:07 | 19:44 | 07:48 | 19:04 | 20:03 | 12h 37min |
| October | 07:48 | 18:44 | 08:31 | 18:02 | 19:03 | 10h 55min |
| November | 07:35 | 16:55 | 08:23 | 16:08 | 17:16 | 9h 20min |
| December | 08:12 | 16:39 | 09:04 | 15:47 | 17:02 | 8h 28min |
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 06:21 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:32.
After sunset, Basel still offers the blue hour: from 21:54 to 22:10 in June (16 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 Basel today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Basel from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:41, in mid-December at 15:47.
How long does golden hour last in Basel?
Between 41 minutes (March) and 53 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.