Golden hour in Linz
Golden hour in Linz starts at 20:17 on 15 June and runs 49 minutes; on 15 December it is 54 minutes from 15:16. The calculator above is preset to Linz — 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 Linz
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Golden and blue hour in Linz: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Linz (48.3069, 14.2858) and the Europe/Vienna timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 41 minutes in March and 54 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 | 07:50 | 16:36 | 08:41 | 15:44 | 16:58 | 8h 46min |
| February | 07:11 | 17:24 | 07:56 | 16:40 | 17:44 | 10h 13min |
| March | 06:18 | 18:08 | 06:59 | 17:26 | 18:27 | 11h 50min |
| April | 06:14 | 19:53 | 06:56 | 19:11 | 20:13 | 13h 39min |
| May | 05:24 | 20:36 | 06:10 | 19:50 | 20:58 | 15h 11min |
| June | 05:02 | 21:06 | 05:51 | 20:17 | 21:31 | 16h 04min |
| July | 05:18 | 21:01 | 06:06 | 20:13 | 21:25 | 15h 43min |
| August | 05:57 | 20:19 | 06:41 | 19:36 | 20:40 | 14h 22min |
| September | 06:40 | 19:18 | 07:21 | 18:37 | 19:37 | 12h 38min |
| October | 07:23 | 18:16 | 08:05 | 17:33 | 18:35 | 10h 54min |
| November | 07:11 | 16:26 | 07:59 | 15:38 | 16:47 | 9h 16min |
| December | 07:48 | 16:10 | 08:42 | 15:16 | 16:32 | 8h 22min |
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 05:51 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:02.
After sunset, Linz still offers the blue hour: from 21:31 to 21:48 in June (17 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 Linz today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Linz from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:17, in mid-December at 15:16.
How long does golden hour last in Linz?
Between 41 minutes (March) and 54 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.