Golden hour in Cannes
Golden hour in Cannes starts at 20:32 on 15 June and runs 44 minutes; on 15 December it is 47 minutes from 16:10. The calculator above is preset to Cannes — 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 Cannes
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Golden and blue hour in Cannes: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Cannes (43.5528, 7.0174) in the Europe/Paris timezone, DST included. Between December (47 minutes) and March (38 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 | 08:03 | 17:21 | 08:48 | 16:36 | 17:40 | 9h 18min |
| February | 07:32 | 18:02 | 08:12 | 17:22 | 18:20 | 10h 30min |
| March | 06:46 | 18:38 | 07:23 | 18:00 | 18:55 | 11h 52min |
| April | 06:50 | 20:15 | 07:29 | 19:36 | 20:33 | 13h 24min |
| May | 06:08 | 20:50 | 06:50 | 20:09 | 21:10 | 14h 42min |
| June | 05:51 | 21:15 | 06:35 | 20:32 | 21:37 | 15h 24min |
| July | 06:05 | 21:12 | 06:48 | 20:29 | 21:33 | 15h 07min |
| August | 06:37 | 20:38 | 07:17 | 19:58 | 20:56 | 14h 00min |
| September | 07:12 | 19:45 | 07:50 | 19:07 | 20:02 | 12h 33min |
| October | 07:46 | 18:51 | 08:25 | 18:12 | 19:08 | 11h 04min |
| November | 07:26 | 17:09 | 08:09 | 16:26 | 17:28 | 9h 42min |
| December | 07:59 | 16:57 | 08:46 | 16:10 | 17:17 | 8h 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 06:35 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:51.
After sunset, Cannes still offers the blue hour: from 21:37 to 21:51 in June (14 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 Cannes today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Cannes from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:32, in mid-December at 16:10.
How long does golden hour last in Cannes?
Between 38 minutes (March) and 47 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.