Golden hour in Birmingham
Golden hour in Birmingham starts at 20:37 on 15 June and runs 56 minutes; on 15 December it is 64 minutes from 14:50. The calculator above is preset to Birmingham — 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 Birmingham
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Golden and blue hour in Birmingham: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Birmingham (52.4862, -1.8904) in the Europe/London 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 | 08:12 | 16:23 | 09:11 | 15:24 | 16:48 | 8h 11min |
| February | 07:25 | 17:20 | 08:15 | 16:30 | 17:42 | 9h 55min |
| March | 06:23 | 18:11 | 07:09 | 17:26 | 18:32 | 11h 48min |
| April | 06:11 | 20:05 | 06:57 | 19:19 | 20:28 | 13h 54min |
| May | 05:13 | 20:57 | 06:04 | 20:06 | 21:22 | 15h 44min |
| June | 04:45 | 21:33 | 05:41 | 20:37 | 22:02 | 16h 48min |
| July | 05:03 | 21:25 | 05:57 | 20:31 | 21:53 | 16h 21min |
| August | 05:51 | 20:35 | 06:38 | 19:48 | 20:59 | 14h 45min |
| September | 06:42 | 19:25 | 07:27 | 18:40 | 19:46 | 12h 43min |
| October | 07:33 | 18:15 | 08:20 | 17:28 | 18:36 | 10h 42min |
| November | 07:30 | 16:16 | 08:25 | 15:21 | 16:40 | 8h 47min |
| December | 08:13 | 15:54 | 09:17 | 14:50 | 16:20 | 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 05:41 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 04:45.
After sunset, Birmingham still offers the blue hour: from 22:02 to 22:22 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 Birmingham today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Birmingham from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:37, in mid-December at 14:50.
How long does golden hour last in Birmingham?
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.