Golden hour in Brighton
Golden hour in Brighton starts at 20:23 on 15 June and runs 53 minutes; on 15 December it is 60 minutes from 14:56. The calculator above is preset to Brighton — 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 Brighton
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Golden and blue hour in Brighton: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Brighton (50.8225, -0.1372) and the Europe/London timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 43 minutes in September and 60 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 | 07:57 | 16:23 | 08:53 | 15:28 | 16:47 | 8h 26min |
| February | 07:14 | 17:17 | 08:02 | 16:29 | 17:38 | 10h 02min |
| March | 06:16 | 18:05 | 07:00 | 17:21 | 18:25 | 11h 49min |
| April | 06:07 | 19:55 | 06:52 | 19:11 | 20:16 | 13h 48min |
| May | 05:13 | 20:43 | 06:01 | 19:54 | 21:07 | 15h 30min |
| June | 04:47 | 21:16 | 05:40 | 20:23 | 21:44 | 16h 29min |
| July | 05:05 | 21:10 | 05:56 | 20:19 | 21:35 | 16h 05min |
| August | 05:48 | 20:24 | 06:34 | 19:38 | 20:46 | 14h 35min |
| September | 06:36 | 19:17 | 07:20 | 18:34 | 19:38 | 12h 41min |
| October | 07:24 | 18:10 | 08:09 | 17:25 | 18:31 | 10h 47min |
| November | 07:17 | 16:15 | 08:09 | 15:23 | 16:38 | 8h 59min |
| December | 07:57 | 15:56 | 08:57 | 14:56 | 16:20 | 7h 59min |
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 04:47.
After sunset, Brighton still offers the blue hour: from 21:44 to 22:02 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 Brighton today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Brighton from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:23, in mid-December at 14:56.
How long does golden hour last in Brighton?
Between 43 minutes (September) and 60 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.