Golden hour in Brussels
Golden hour in Brussels starts at 21:06 on 15 June and runs 53 minutes; on 15 December it is 60 minutes from 15:38. The calculator above is preset to Brussels — 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 Brussels
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Golden and blue hour in Brussels: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Brussels (50.8503, 4.3517) and the Europe/Brussels 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 | 08:40 | 17:05 | 09:36 | 16:10 | 17:29 | 8h 26min |
| February | 07:57 | 17:59 | 08:44 | 17:11 | 18:20 | 10h 02min |
| March | 06:58 | 18:47 | 07:42 | 18:03 | 19:07 | 11h 49min |
| April | 06:49 | 20:37 | 07:34 | 19:53 | 20:58 | 13h 48min |
| May | 05:55 | 21:25 | 06:43 | 20:36 | 21:49 | 15h 30min |
| June | 05:29 | 21:58 | 06:22 | 21:06 | 22:26 | 16h 29min |
| July | 05:46 | 21:52 | 06:38 | 21:01 | 22:18 | 16h 05min |
| August | 06:30 | 21:06 | 07:16 | 20:20 | 21:28 | 14h 35min |
| September | 07:18 | 19:59 | 08:02 | 19:16 | 20:20 | 12h 41min |
| October | 08:06 | 18:52 | 08:51 | 18:07 | 19:13 | 10h 47min |
| November | 07:59 | 16:57 | 08:51 | 16:05 | 17:20 | 8h 59min |
| December | 08:39 | 16:38 | 09:39 | 15:38 | 17:02 | 7h 58min |
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 06:22 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:29.
After sunset, Brussels still offers the blue hour: from 22:26 to 22:45 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 Brussels today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Brussels from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 21:06, in mid-December at 15:38.
How long does golden hour last in Brussels?
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.