Golden hour in Dresden
Golden hour in Dresden starts at 20:29 on 15 June and runs 53 minutes; on 15 December it is 60 minutes from 14:59. The calculator above is preset to Dresden — 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 Dresden
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Golden and blue hour in Dresden: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Dresden (51.0504, 13.7373) and the Europe/Berlin timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 44 minutes in March 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 | 08:03 | 16:27 | 08:59 | 15:31 | 16:51 | 8h 24min |
| February | 07:19 | 17:21 | 08:07 | 16:33 | 17:42 | 10h 01min |
| March | 06:21 | 18:09 | 07:04 | 17:25 | 18:29 | 11h 49min |
| April | 06:11 | 20:00 | 06:56 | 19:16 | 20:21 | 13h 49min |
| May | 05:16 | 20:48 | 06:05 | 19:59 | 21:13 | 15h 32min |
| June | 04:51 | 21:22 | 05:44 | 20:29 | 21:50 | 16h 31min |
| July | 05:08 | 21:15 | 05:59 | 20:24 | 21:41 | 16h 07min |
| August | 05:52 | 20:29 | 06:38 | 19:43 | 20:51 | 14h 37min |
| September | 06:41 | 19:22 | 07:24 | 18:38 | 19:42 | 12h 41min |
| October | 07:28 | 18:15 | 08:14 | 17:29 | 18:35 | 10h 46min |
| November | 07:22 | 16:19 | 08:14 | 15:27 | 16:42 | 8h 57min |
| December | 08:03 | 15:59 | 09:03 | 14:59 | 16:24 | 7h 57min |
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 05:44 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 04:51.
After sunset, Dresden still offers the blue hour: from 21:50 to 22:09 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 Dresden today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Dresden from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:29, in mid-December at 14:59.
How long does golden hour last in Dresden?
Between 44 minutes (March) 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.