Golden hour in Cleveland
Golden hour in Cleveland starts at 20:21 on 15 June and runs 42 minutes; on 15 December it is 44 minutes from 16:14. The calculator above is preset to Cleveland — 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 Cleveland
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Golden and blue hour in Cleveland: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Cleveland (41.4993, -81.6944) in the America/New_York timezone, DST included. Between December (44 minutes) and March (37 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 | 07:52 | 17:22 | 08:34 | 16:39 | 17:41 | 9h 30min |
| February | 07:23 | 18:01 | 08:02 | 17:22 | 18:18 | 10h 38min |
| March | 07:40 | 19:34 | 08:16 | 18:57 | 19:50 | 11h 54min |
| April | 06:48 | 20:07 | 07:25 | 19:30 | 20:25 | 13h 19min |
| May | 06:09 | 20:39 | 06:48 | 20:00 | 20:59 | 14h 31min |
| June | 05:53 | 21:03 | 06:35 | 20:21 | 21:24 | 15h 10min |
| July | 06:07 | 21:00 | 06:47 | 20:19 | 21:20 | 14h 54min |
| August | 06:36 | 20:28 | 07:14 | 19:50 | 20:46 | 13h 52min |
| September | 07:08 | 19:38 | 07:44 | 19:02 | 19:55 | 12h 30min |
| October | 07:39 | 18:47 | 08:17 | 18:10 | 19:04 | 11h 08min |
| November | 07:16 | 17:08 | 07:58 | 16:27 | 17:27 | 9h 52min |
| December | 07:47 | 16:59 | 08:31 | 16:14 | 17:18 | 9h 12min |
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 05:53.
After sunset, Cleveland still offers the blue hour: from 21:24 to 21:37 in June (13 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 Cleveland today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Cleveland from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:21, in mid-December at 16:14.
How long does golden hour last in Cleveland?
Between 37 minutes (March) and 44 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.