Golden hour in Geneva
Golden hour in Geneva starts at 20:43 on 15 June and runs 46 minutes; on 15 December it is 50 minutes from 16:00. The calculator above is preset to Geneva — 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 Geneva
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Golden and blue hour in Geneva: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Geneva (46.2044, 6.1432) in the Europe/Zurich timezone, DST included. Between December (50 minutes) and March (40 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.3.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 08:15 | 17:16 | 09:03 | 16:28 | 17:37 | 9h 01min |
| February | 07:40 | 18:01 | 08:22 | 17:19 | 18:20 | 10h 21min |
| March | 06:50 | 18:41 | 07:29 | 18:01 | 18:59 | 11h 51min |
| April | 06:50 | 20:22 | 07:30 | 19:42 | 20:41 | 13h 32min |
| May | 06:04 | 21:01 | 06:47 | 20:18 | 21:23 | 14h 58min |
| June | 05:44 | 21:29 | 06:31 | 20:43 | 21:53 | 15h 45min |
| July | 05:59 | 21:25 | 06:44 | 20:40 | 21:47 | 15h 26min |
| August | 06:35 | 20:47 | 07:16 | 20:05 | 21:07 | 14h 12min |
| September | 07:14 | 19:49 | 07:53 | 19:10 | 20:08 | 12h 36min |
| October | 07:53 | 18:51 | 08:34 | 18:10 | 19:10 | 10h 59min |
| November | 07:37 | 17:05 | 08:23 | 16:19 | 17:25 | 9h 28min |
| December | 08:12 | 16:51 | 09:02 | 16:00 | 17:12 | 8h 39min |
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 06:31 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:44.
After sunset, Geneva still offers the blue hour: from 21:53 to 22:08 in June (15 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 Geneva today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Geneva from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:43, in mid-December at 16:00.
How long does golden hour last in Geneva?
Between 40 minutes (March) and 50 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.