Golden hour in Bristol
Golden hour in Bristol starts at 20:36 on 15 June and runs 54 minutes; on 15 December it is 61 minutes from 15:01. The calculator above is preset to Bristol — 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 Bristol
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Golden and blue hour in Bristol: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Bristol (51.4545, -2.5879) and the Europe/London timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 44 minutes in March and 61 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 | 08:10 | 16:31 | 09:07 | 15:33 | 16:55 | 8h 21min |
| February | 07:26 | 17:25 | 08:14 | 16:37 | 17:47 | 10h 00min |
| March | 06:26 | 18:15 | 07:10 | 17:30 | 18:35 | 11h 49min |
| April | 06:16 | 20:06 | 07:01 | 19:21 | 20:28 | 13h 50min |
| May | 05:20 | 20:55 | 06:09 | 20:06 | 21:20 | 15h 35min |
| June | 04:54 | 21:30 | 05:48 | 20:36 | 21:58 | 16h 36min |
| July | 05:11 | 21:22 | 06:03 | 20:30 | 21:49 | 16h 11min |
| August | 05:56 | 20:35 | 06:43 | 19:49 | 20:58 | 14h 39min |
| September | 06:46 | 19:27 | 07:30 | 18:44 | 19:48 | 12h 42min |
| October | 07:34 | 18:19 | 08:20 | 17:33 | 18:40 | 10h 45min |
| November | 07:29 | 16:23 | 08:22 | 15:30 | 16:46 | 8h 54min |
| December | 08:10 | 16:03 | 09:11 | 15:01 | 16:28 | 7h 53min |
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 05:48 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 04:54.
After sunset, Bristol still offers the blue hour: from 21:58 to 22:17 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 Bristol today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Bristol from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:36, in mid-December at 15:01.
How long does golden hour last in Bristol?
Between 44 minutes (March) and 61 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.