Golden hour in Berlin
Golden hour in Berlin starts at 20:36 on 15 June and runs 56 minutes; on 15 December it is 64 minutes from 14:49. The calculator above is preset to Berlin — 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 Berlin
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Golden and blue hour in Berlin: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Berlin (52.52, 13.405) in the Europe/Berlin 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 | 08:11 | 16:22 | 09:10 | 15:22 | 16:47 | 8h 11min |
| February | 07:24 | 17:19 | 08:14 | 16:29 | 17:41 | 9h 55min |
| March | 06:22 | 18:10 | 07:08 | 17:25 | 18:31 | 11h 48min |
| April | 06:10 | 20:04 | 06:56 | 19:18 | 20:26 | 13h 54min |
| May | 05:12 | 20:56 | 06:03 | 20:05 | 21:21 | 15h 44min |
| June | 04:44 | 21:32 | 05:40 | 20:36 | 22:01 | 16h 48min |
| July | 05:02 | 21:24 | 05:56 | 20:30 | 21:52 | 16h 22min |
| August | 05:49 | 20:34 | 06:37 | 19:47 | 20:58 | 14h 45min |
| September | 06:41 | 19:24 | 07:26 | 18:39 | 19:45 | 12h 43min |
| October | 07:32 | 18:14 | 08:19 | 17:27 | 18:35 | 10h 42min |
| November | 07:29 | 16:15 | 08:24 | 15:20 | 16:39 | 8h 47min |
| December | 08:11 | 15:53 | 09:16 | 14:49 | 16:19 | 7h 42min |
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 05:40 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 04:44.
After sunset, Berlin still offers the blue hour: from 22:01 to 22:22 in June (21 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 Berlin today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Berlin from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:36, in mid-December at 14:49.
How long does golden hour last in Berlin?
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.