Golden hour in Hamburg
Golden hour in Hamburg starts at 20:54 on 15 June and runs 58 minutes; on 15 December it is 68 minutes from 14:53. The calculator above is preset to Hamburg — 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 Hamburg
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Golden and blue hour in Hamburg: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Hamburg (53.5511, 9.9937) in the Europe/Berlin timezone, DST included. Between December (68 minutes) and March (46 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.5.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 08:29 | 16:31 | 09:32 | 15:28 | 16:56 | 8h 01min |
| February | 07:40 | 17:30 | 08:32 | 16:39 | 17:52 | 9h 49min |
| March | 06:36 | 18:24 | 07:23 | 17:37 | 18:45 | 11h 47min |
| April | 06:21 | 20:20 | 07:09 | 19:33 | 20:43 | 13h 59min |
| May | 05:21 | 21:14 | 06:13 | 20:21 | 21:41 | 15h 53min |
| June | 04:51 | 21:52 | 05:49 | 20:54 | 22:23 | 17h 01min |
| July | 05:10 | 21:43 | 06:06 | 20:47 | 22:12 | 16h 33min |
| August | 06:00 | 20:51 | 06:49 | 20:02 | 21:15 | 14h 52min |
| September | 06:54 | 19:39 | 07:40 | 18:53 | 20:00 | 12h 45min |
| October | 07:47 | 18:26 | 08:36 | 17:37 | 18:48 | 10h 39min |
| November | 07:46 | 16:25 | 08:44 | 15:27 | 16:49 | 8h 39min |
| December | 08:31 | 16:01 | 09:39 | 14:53 | 16:28 | 7h 30min |
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 05:49 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 04:51.
After sunset, Hamburg still offers the blue hour: from 22:23 to 22:44 in June (22 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 Hamburg today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Hamburg from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:54, in mid-December at 14:53.
How long does golden hour last in Hamburg?
Between 46 minutes (March) and 68 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.