Golden hour in Erfurt
Golden hour in Erfurt starts at 20:39 on 15 June and runs 53 minutes; on 15 December it is 60 minutes from 15:10. The calculator above is preset to Erfurt — 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 Erfurt
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Golden and blue hour in Erfurt: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Erfurt (50.9848, 11.0299) in the Europe/Berlin timezone, DST included. Between December (60 minutes) and September (43 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 | 08:13 | 16:38 | 09:10 | 15:42 | 17:02 | 8h 25min |
| February | 07:30 | 17:32 | 08:18 | 16:44 | 17:53 | 10h 02min |
| March | 06:31 | 18:20 | 07:15 | 17:36 | 18:40 | 11h 49min |
| April | 06:22 | 20:11 | 07:07 | 19:26 | 20:32 | 13h 48min |
| May | 05:27 | 20:59 | 06:16 | 20:10 | 21:23 | 15h 31min |
| June | 05:02 | 21:32 | 05:55 | 20:39 | 22:00 | 16h 31min |
| July | 05:19 | 21:26 | 06:10 | 20:34 | 21:52 | 16h 07min |
| August | 06:03 | 20:39 | 06:49 | 19:53 | 21:02 | 14h 36min |
| September | 06:51 | 19:33 | 07:35 | 18:49 | 19:53 | 12h 41min |
| October | 07:39 | 18:26 | 08:25 | 17:40 | 18:46 | 10h 46min |
| November | 07:32 | 16:30 | 08:25 | 15:38 | 16:53 | 8h 58min |
| December | 08:13 | 16:10 | 09:13 | 15:10 | 16:35 | 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 05:55 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:02.
After sunset, Erfurt still offers the blue hour: from 22:00 to 22:19 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 Erfurt today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Erfurt from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:39, in mid-December at 15:10.
How long does golden hour last in Erfurt?
Between 43 minutes (September) 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.