Golden hour in Lille
Golden hour in Lille starts at 21:10 on 15 June and runs 53 minutes; on 15 December it is 59 minutes from 15:45. The calculator above is preset to Lille — 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 Lille
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Golden and blue hour in Lille: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Lille (50.6292, 3.0573) in the Europe/Paris timezone, DST included. Between December (59 minutes) and March (43 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.4.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 08:44 | 17:12 | 09:39 | 16:16 | 17:35 | 8h 28min |
| February | 08:01 | 18:05 | 08:48 | 17:17 | 18:25 | 10h 03min |
| March | 07:03 | 18:52 | 07:47 | 18:09 | 19:12 | 11h 49min |
| April | 06:55 | 20:42 | 07:39 | 19:58 | 21:03 | 13h 47min |
| May | 06:01 | 21:29 | 06:49 | 20:41 | 21:53 | 15h 29min |
| June | 05:36 | 22:02 | 06:28 | 21:10 | 22:30 | 16h 27min |
| July | 05:53 | 21:56 | 06:43 | 21:05 | 22:22 | 16h 03min |
| August | 06:36 | 21:10 | 07:22 | 20:25 | 21:32 | 14h 34min |
| September | 07:24 | 20:04 | 08:07 | 19:21 | 20:25 | 12h 41min |
| October | 08:11 | 18:58 | 08:56 | 18:13 | 19:18 | 10h 47min |
| November | 08:03 | 17:03 | 08:55 | 16:11 | 17:26 | 9h 00min |
| December | 08:43 | 16:44 | 09:42 | 15:45 | 17:08 | 8h 01min |
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 05:36.
After sunset, Lille still offers the blue hour: from 22:30 to 22:48 in June (19 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 Lille today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Lille from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 21:10, in mid-December at 15:45.
How long does golden hour last in Lille?
Between 43 minutes (March) and 59 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.