Golden hour in Bonn
Golden hour in Bonn starts at 20:54 on 15 June and runs 53 minutes; on 15 December it is 59 minutes from 15:28. The calculator above is preset to Bonn — 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 Bonn
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Golden and blue hour in Bonn: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Bonn (50.7374, 7.0982) and the Europe/Berlin timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 43 minutes in September and 59 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 | 08:28 | 16:55 | 09:24 | 15:59 | 17:18 | 8h 27min |
| February | 07:45 | 17:48 | 08:33 | 17:01 | 18:09 | 10h 03min |
| March | 06:47 | 18:36 | 07:31 | 17:52 | 18:56 | 11h 49min |
| April | 06:39 | 20:26 | 07:23 | 19:42 | 20:47 | 13h 48min |
| May | 05:44 | 21:14 | 06:33 | 20:25 | 21:38 | 15h 30min |
| June | 05:19 | 21:47 | 06:12 | 20:54 | 22:14 | 16h 28min |
| July | 05:36 | 21:40 | 06:27 | 20:49 | 22:06 | 16h 04min |
| August | 06:20 | 20:54 | 07:06 | 20:09 | 21:17 | 14h 35min |
| September | 07:07 | 19:48 | 07:51 | 19:05 | 20:09 | 12h 41min |
| October | 07:55 | 18:42 | 08:40 | 17:56 | 19:02 | 10h 47min |
| November | 07:47 | 16:47 | 08:39 | 15:55 | 17:09 | 9h 00min |
| December | 08:28 | 16:27 | 09:27 | 15:28 | 16:52 | 8h 00min |
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 06:12 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:19.
After sunset, Bonn still offers the blue hour: from 22:14 to 22:33 in June (19 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 Bonn today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Bonn from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:54, in mid-December at 15:28.
How long does golden hour last in Bonn?
Between 43 minutes (September) and 59 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.