Golden hour in Helsinki
Golden hour in Helsinki starts at 21:27 on 15 June and runs 80 minutes; on 15 December it is 129 minutes from 13:04. The calculator above is preset to Helsinki — 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 Helsinki
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Golden and blue hour in Helsinki: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Helsinki (60.1699, 24.9384) and the Europe/Helsinki timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 55 minutes in September and 129 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 | 09:10 | 15:50 | 10:47 | 14:13 | 16:24 | 6h 39min |
| February | 08:01 | 17:10 | 09:06 | 16:05 | 17:37 | 9h 09min |
| March | 06:39 | 18:21 | 07:35 | 17:26 | 18:47 | 11h 42min |
| April | 06:05 | 20:37 | 07:02 | 19:40 | 21:05 | 14h 33min |
| May | 04:43 | 21:52 | 05:50 | 20:45 | 22:29 | 17h 09min |
| June | 03:55 | 22:48 | 05:16 | 21:27 | 23:40 | 18h 52min |
| July | 04:22 | 22:31 | 05:36 | 21:17 | 23:15 | 18h 09min |
| August | 05:34 | 21:18 | 06:34 | 20:17 | 21:48 | 15h 44min |
| September | 06:48 | 19:45 | 07:43 | 18:50 | 20:11 | 12h 57min |
| October | 08:00 | 18:14 | 08:59 | 17:14 | 18:40 | 10h 14min |
| November | 08:19 | 15:52 | 09:39 | 14:32 | 16:23 | 7h 33min |
| December | 09:20 | 15:13 | 11:28 | 13:04 | 15:50 | 5h 53min |
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 05:16 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 03:55.
After sunset, Helsinki still offers the blue hour: from 23:40 to 00:35 in June (55 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 Helsinki today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Helsinki from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 21:27, in mid-December at 13:04.
How long does golden hour last in Helsinki?
Between 55 minutes (September) and 129 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.