Golden hour in Düsseldorf
Golden hour in Düsseldorf starts at 20:57 on 15 June and runs 54 minutes; on 15 December it is 61 minutes from 15:26. The calculator above is preset to Düsseldorf — 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 Düsseldorf
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Golden and blue hour in Düsseldorf: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Düsseldorf (51.2277, 6.7735) in the Europe/Berlin timezone, DST included. Between December (61 minutes) and March (44 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.4.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 08:32 | 16:54 | 09:28 | 15:57 | 17:18 | 8h 23min |
| February | 07:48 | 17:48 | 08:36 | 17:00 | 18:10 | 10h 01min |
| March | 06:48 | 18:37 | 07:32 | 17:53 | 18:57 | 11h 49min |
| April | 06:39 | 20:28 | 07:24 | 19:44 | 20:50 | 13h 49min |
| May | 05:43 | 21:17 | 06:33 | 20:28 | 21:41 | 15h 33min |
| June | 05:18 | 21:51 | 06:11 | 20:57 | 22:19 | 16h 33min |
| July | 05:35 | 21:44 | 06:27 | 20:52 | 22:10 | 16h 09min |
| August | 06:20 | 20:57 | 07:06 | 20:11 | 21:20 | 14h 37min |
| September | 07:08 | 19:50 | 07:52 | 19:06 | 20:10 | 12h 42min |
| October | 07:57 | 18:42 | 08:42 | 17:57 | 19:03 | 10h 46min |
| November | 07:50 | 16:46 | 08:43 | 15:53 | 17:09 | 8h 56min |
| December | 08:31 | 16:26 | 09:32 | 15:26 | 16:51 | 7h 55min |
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 06:11 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:18.
After sunset, Düsseldorf still offers the blue hour: from 22:19 to 22:38 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 Düsseldorf today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Düsseldorf from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:57, in mid-December at 15:26.
How long does golden hour last in Düsseldorf?
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.