Golden hour in Frankfurt am Main
Golden hour in Frankfurt am Main starts at 20:46 on 15 June and runs 52 minutes; on 15 December it is 58 minutes from 15:26. The calculator above is preset to Frankfurt am Main — 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 Frankfurt am Main
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Golden and blue hour in Frankfurt am Main: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Frankfurt am Main (50.1109, 8.6821) and the Europe/Berlin timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 43 minutes in March and 58 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 | 08:19 | 16:51 | 09:14 | 15:57 | 17:14 | 8h 32min |
| February | 07:38 | 17:43 | 08:24 | 16:57 | 18:04 | 10h 06min |
| March | 06:41 | 18:30 | 07:23 | 17:47 | 18:50 | 11h 49min |
| April | 06:33 | 20:19 | 07:17 | 19:35 | 20:39 | 13h 45min |
| May | 05:40 | 21:05 | 06:28 | 20:17 | 21:29 | 15h 25min |
| June | 05:16 | 21:37 | 06:08 | 20:46 | 22:04 | 16h 21min |
| July | 05:33 | 21:31 | 06:23 | 20:41 | 21:56 | 15h 58min |
| August | 06:15 | 20:46 | 07:00 | 20:01 | 21:08 | 14h 31min |
| September | 07:01 | 19:42 | 07:44 | 18:59 | 20:02 | 12h 40min |
| October | 07:47 | 18:36 | 08:32 | 17:52 | 18:56 | 10h 49min |
| November | 07:39 | 16:43 | 08:30 | 15:52 | 17:05 | 9h 04min |
| December | 08:18 | 16:24 | 09:16 | 15:26 | 16:48 | 8h 06min |
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 06:08 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:16.
After sunset, Frankfurt am Main still offers the blue hour: from 22:04 to 22:22 in June (18 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 Frankfurt am Main today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Frankfurt am Main from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:46, in mid-December at 15:26.
How long does golden hour last in Frankfurt am Main?
Between 43 minutes (March) and 58 minutes (December) in the evening. The name misleads — it never actually reaches a full hour here.
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.