Golden hour in Lausanne
Golden hour in Lausanne starts at 20:42 on 15 June and runs 47 minutes; on 15 December it is 51 minutes from 15:57. The calculator above is preset to Lausanne — 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 Lausanne
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Golden and blue hour in Lausanne: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Lausanne (46.5197, 6.6323) and the Europe/Zurich timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 40 minutes in March and 51 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 | 08:14 | 17:13 | 09:03 | 16:24 | 17:34 | 8h 59min |
| February | 07:39 | 17:59 | 08:21 | 17:16 | 18:18 | 10h 20min |
| March | 06:48 | 18:39 | 07:28 | 17:59 | 18:57 | 11h 51min |
| April | 06:48 | 20:21 | 07:28 | 19:40 | 20:40 | 13h 33min |
| May | 06:01 | 21:00 | 06:45 | 20:17 | 21:22 | 15h 00min |
| June | 05:41 | 21:29 | 06:28 | 20:42 | 21:52 | 15h 48min |
| July | 05:56 | 21:24 | 06:41 | 20:39 | 21:47 | 15h 28min |
| August | 06:32 | 20:46 | 07:14 | 20:04 | 21:06 | 14h 13min |
| September | 07:12 | 19:48 | 07:52 | 19:08 | 20:06 | 12h 36min |
| October | 07:51 | 18:49 | 08:32 | 18:08 | 19:08 | 10h 58min |
| November | 07:36 | 17:02 | 08:22 | 16:16 | 17:22 | 9h 26min |
| December | 08:11 | 16:47 | 09:02 | 15:57 | 17:09 | 8h 36min |
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 06:28 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:41.
After sunset, Lausanne still offers the blue hour: from 21:52 to 22:08 in June (16 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 Lausanne today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Lausanne from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:42, in mid-December at 15:57.
How long does golden hour last in Lausanne?
Between 40 minutes (March) and 51 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.