Golden hour in Dortmund
Golden hour in Dortmund starts at 20:56 on 15 June and runs 54 minutes; on 15 December it is 61 minutes from 15:21. The calculator above is preset to Dortmund — 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 Dortmund
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Golden and blue hour in Dortmund: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Dortmund (51.5136, 7.4653) and the Europe/Berlin 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 | 08:30 | 16:50 | 09:27 | 15:53 | 17:14 | 8h 20min |
| February | 07:46 | 17:45 | 08:34 | 16:57 | 18:06 | 9h 59min |
| March | 06:46 | 18:34 | 07:30 | 17:50 | 18:55 | 11h 49min |
| April | 06:36 | 20:26 | 07:21 | 19:41 | 20:48 | 13h 51min |
| May | 05:39 | 21:15 | 06:29 | 20:26 | 21:40 | 15h 36min |
| June | 05:13 | 21:50 | 06:07 | 20:56 | 22:18 | 16h 36min |
| July | 05:31 | 21:42 | 06:23 | 20:50 | 22:09 | 16h 12min |
| August | 06:16 | 20:55 | 07:03 | 20:08 | 21:18 | 14h 39min |
| September | 07:05 | 19:47 | 07:49 | 19:03 | 20:08 | 12h 42min |
| October | 07:54 | 18:39 | 08:40 | 17:53 | 19:00 | 10h 45min |
| November | 07:49 | 16:43 | 08:42 | 15:49 | 17:06 | 8h 54min |
| December | 08:30 | 16:22 | 09:31 | 15:21 | 16:47 | 7h 52min |
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 06:07 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:13.
After sunset, Dortmund still offers the blue hour: from 22:18 to 22:37 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 Dortmund today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Dortmund from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:56, in mid-December at 15:21.
How long does golden hour last in Dortmund?
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.