Golden hour in Glasgow
Golden hour in Glasgow starts at 21:01 on 15 June and runs 64 minutes; on 15 December it is 78 minutes from 14:26. The calculator above is preset to Glasgow — 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 Glasgow
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Golden and blue hour in Glasgow: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Glasgow (55.8642, -4.2518) in the Europe/London timezone, DST included. Between December (78 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 | 08:38 | 16:15 | 09:48 | 15:05 | 16:43 | 7h 37min |
| February | 07:43 | 17:21 | 08:38 | 16:26 | 17:45 | 9h 37min |
| March | 06:34 | 18:20 | 07:23 | 17:31 | 18:42 | 11h 46min |
| April | 06:13 | 20:22 | 07:03 | 19:32 | 20:47 | 14h 10min |
| May | 05:06 | 21:22 | 06:03 | 20:26 | 21:52 | 16h 16min |
| June | 04:32 | 22:05 | 05:36 | 21:01 | 22:40 | 17h 33min |
| July | 04:53 | 21:54 | 05:54 | 20:53 | 22:26 | 17h 01min |
| August | 05:49 | 20:56 | 06:41 | 20:04 | 21:22 | 15h 07min |
| September | 06:49 | 19:37 | 07:38 | 18:49 | 20:00 | 12h 48min |
| October | 07:48 | 18:19 | 08:40 | 17:27 | 18:42 | 10h 31min |
| November | 07:53 | 16:12 | 08:56 | 15:09 | 16:38 | 8h 19min |
| December | 08:42 | 15:44 | 10:00 | 14:26 | 16:13 | 7h 02min |
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 05:36 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 04:32.
After sunset, Glasgow still offers the blue hour: from 22:40 to 23:06 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 Glasgow today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Glasgow from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 21:01, in mid-December at 14:26.
How long does golden hour last in Glasgow?
Between 49 minutes (March) and 78 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.