Golden hour in Kiel
Golden hour in Kiel starts at 20:56 on 15 June and runs 60 minutes; on 15 December it is 71 minutes from 14:45. The calculator above is preset to Kiel — 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 Kiel
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Golden and blue hour in Kiel: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Kiel (54.3233, 10.1228) and the Europe/Berlin timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 47 minutes in March and 71 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 | 08:33 | 16:26 | 09:37 | 15:21 | 16:52 | 7h 53min |
| February | 07:42 | 17:27 | 08:34 | 16:35 | 17:50 | 9h 45min |
| March | 06:36 | 18:23 | 07:23 | 17:35 | 18:45 | 11h 47min |
| April | 06:19 | 20:21 | 07:07 | 19:33 | 20:44 | 14h 02min |
| May | 05:16 | 21:17 | 06:10 | 20:23 | 21:45 | 16h 01min |
| June | 04:45 | 21:56 | 05:45 | 20:56 | 22:28 | 17h 11min |
| July | 05:05 | 21:47 | 06:02 | 20:50 | 22:17 | 16h 42min |
| August | 05:57 | 20:53 | 06:47 | 20:03 | 21:18 | 14h 57min |
| September | 06:53 | 19:39 | 07:40 | 18:52 | 20:01 | 12h 46min |
| October | 07:48 | 18:24 | 08:37 | 17:35 | 18:46 | 10h 36min |
| November | 07:49 | 16:21 | 08:48 | 15:22 | 16:46 | 8h 32min |
| December | 08:35 | 15:56 | 09:46 | 14:45 | 16:24 | 7h 21min |
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 05:45 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 04:45.
After sunset, Kiel still offers the blue hour: from 22:28 to 22:51 in June (23 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 Kiel today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Kiel from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:56, in mid-December at 14:45.
How long does golden hour last in Kiel?
Between 47 minutes (March) and 71 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.