Golden hour in Bordeaux
Golden hour in Bordeaux starts at 21:06 on 15 June and runs 45 minutes; on 15 December it is 48 minutes from 16:34. The calculator above is preset to Bordeaux — 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 Bordeaux
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Golden and blue hour in Bordeaux: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Bordeaux (44.8378, -0.5792) in the Europe/Paris timezone, DST included. Between December (48 minutes) and March (39 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.2.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 08:37 | 17:47 | 09:24 | 17:01 | 18:07 | 9h 10min |
| February | 08:04 | 18:30 | 08:46 | 17:49 | 18:49 | 10h 26min |
| March | 07:16 | 19:08 | 07:55 | 18:29 | 19:26 | 11h 52min |
| April | 07:19 | 20:47 | 07:58 | 20:08 | 21:06 | 13h 28min |
| May | 06:35 | 21:24 | 07:17 | 20:42 | 21:45 | 14h 49min |
| June | 06:16 | 21:51 | 07:01 | 21:06 | 22:13 | 15h 34min |
| July | 06:31 | 21:47 | 07:15 | 21:03 | 22:08 | 15h 16min |
| August | 07:05 | 21:11 | 07:45 | 20:30 | 21:30 | 14h 06min |
| September | 07:42 | 20:16 | 08:20 | 19:37 | 20:34 | 12h 34min |
| October | 08:18 | 19:20 | 08:58 | 18:40 | 19:38 | 11h 02min |
| November | 08:00 | 17:36 | 08:44 | 16:51 | 17:55 | 9h 36min |
| December | 08:34 | 17:23 | 09:22 | 16:34 | 17:43 | 8h 49min |
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 07:01 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:16.
After sunset, Bordeaux still offers the blue hour: from 22:13 to 22:28 in June (15 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 Bordeaux today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Bordeaux from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 21:06, in mid-December at 16:34.
How long does golden hour last in Bordeaux?
Between 39 minutes (March) and 48 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.