Golden hour in Edinburgh
Golden hour in Edinburgh starts at 20:57 on 15 June and runs 64 minutes; on 15 December it is 79 minutes from 14:20. The calculator above is preset to Edinburgh — 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 Edinburgh
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Golden and blue hour in Edinburgh: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Edinburgh (55.9533, -3.1883) in the Europe/London timezone, DST included. Between December (79 minutes) and March (49 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.6.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 08:35 | 16:11 | 09:45 | 15:00 | 16:39 | 7h 36min |
| February | 07:39 | 17:16 | 08:35 | 16:21 | 17:40 | 9h 37min |
| March | 06:30 | 18:16 | 07:19 | 17:26 | 18:38 | 11h 46min |
| April | 06:08 | 20:18 | 06:59 | 19:28 | 20:43 | 14h 10min |
| May | 05:01 | 21:19 | 05:58 | 20:22 | 21:48 | 16h 17min |
| June | 04:27 | 22:01 | 05:31 | 20:57 | 22:37 | 17h 34min |
| July | 04:48 | 21:50 | 05:49 | 20:50 | 22:23 | 17h 02min |
| August | 05:44 | 20:52 | 06:37 | 19:59 | 21:18 | 15h 08min |
| September | 06:45 | 19:33 | 07:34 | 18:44 | 19:56 | 12h 49min |
| October | 07:44 | 18:15 | 08:36 | 17:23 | 18:38 | 10h 31min |
| November | 07:49 | 16:07 | 08:53 | 15:04 | 16:33 | 8h 18min |
| December | 08:38 | 15:39 | 09:57 | 14:20 | 16:09 | 7h 01min |
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 05:31 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 04:27.
After sunset, Edinburgh still offers the blue hour: from 22:37 to 23:03 in June (26 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 Edinburgh today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Edinburgh from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:57, in mid-December at 14:20.
How long does golden hour last in Edinburgh?
Between 49 minutes (March) and 79 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.