Golden hour in Lyon
Golden hour in Lyon starts at 20:47 on 15 June and runs 46 minutes; on 15 December it is 50 minutes from 16:08. The calculator above is preset to Lyon — 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 Lyon
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Golden and blue hour in Lyon: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Lyon (45.764, 4.8357) in the Europe/Paris timezone, DST included. Between December (50 minutes) and March (39 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.3.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 08:19 | 17:22 | 09:06 | 16:35 | 17:43 | 9h 04min |
| February | 07:44 | 18:07 | 08:26 | 17:25 | 18:26 | 10h 23min |
| March | 06:55 | 18:46 | 07:34 | 18:07 | 19:04 | 11h 51min |
| April | 06:56 | 20:27 | 07:36 | 19:47 | 20:46 | 13h 31min |
| May | 06:10 | 21:05 | 06:54 | 20:22 | 21:26 | 14h 55min |
| June | 05:51 | 21:33 | 06:37 | 20:47 | 21:56 | 15h 42min |
| July | 06:06 | 21:29 | 06:51 | 20:44 | 21:51 | 15h 23min |
| August | 06:41 | 20:51 | 07:22 | 20:10 | 21:11 | 14h 10min |
| September | 07:19 | 19:54 | 07:59 | 19:15 | 20:13 | 12h 35min |
| October | 07:57 | 18:57 | 08:38 | 18:16 | 19:15 | 11h 00min |
| November | 07:41 | 17:11 | 08:26 | 16:26 | 17:31 | 9h 30min |
| December | 08:16 | 16:58 | 09:05 | 16:08 | 17:19 | 8h 42min |
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 06:37 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:51.
After sunset, Lyon still offers the blue hour: from 21:56 to 22:11 in June (15 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 Lyon today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Lyon from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:47, in mid-December at 16:08.
How long does golden hour last in Lyon?
Between 39 minutes (March) and 50 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.