Golden hour in Bern
Golden hour in Bern starts at 20:40 on 15 June and runs 47 minutes; on 15 December it is 52 minutes from 15:51. The calculator above is preset to Bern — 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 Bern
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Golden and blue hour in Bern: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Bern (46.948, 7.4474) and the Europe/Zurich timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 40 minutes in March and 52 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 | 08:12 | 17:08 | 09:01 | 16:19 | 17:29 | 8h 56min |
| February | 07:36 | 17:54 | 08:19 | 17:11 | 18:14 | 10h 18min |
| March | 06:45 | 18:36 | 07:25 | 17:55 | 18:54 | 11h 51min |
| April | 06:44 | 20:18 | 07:25 | 19:37 | 20:38 | 13h 34min |
| May | 05:56 | 20:59 | 06:41 | 20:14 | 21:20 | 15h 02min |
| June | 05:36 | 21:27 | 06:23 | 20:40 | 21:51 | 15h 52min |
| July | 05:51 | 21:23 | 06:37 | 20:37 | 21:45 | 15h 32min |
| August | 06:28 | 20:43 | 07:10 | 20:01 | 21:04 | 14h 15min |
| September | 07:08 | 19:45 | 07:48 | 19:05 | 20:03 | 12h 36min |
| October | 07:48 | 18:45 | 08:30 | 18:04 | 19:04 | 10h 57min |
| November | 07:34 | 16:58 | 08:21 | 16:11 | 17:18 | 9h 24min |
| December | 08:10 | 16:42 | 09:01 | 15:51 | 17:04 | 8h 33min |
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 06:23 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:36.
After sunset, Bern still offers the blue hour: from 21:51 to 22:07 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 Bern today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Bern from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:40, in mid-December at 15:51.
How long does golden hour last in Bern?
Between 40 minutes (March) and 52 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.