Golden hour in Mainz
Golden hour in Mainz starts at 20:47 on 15 June and runs 52 minutes; on 15 December it is 58 minutes from 15:29. The calculator above is preset to Mainz — 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 Mainz
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Golden and blue hour in Mainz: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Mainz (49.9929, 8.2473) and the Europe/Berlin timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 43 minutes in March and 58 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 | 08:21 | 16:53 | 09:15 | 15:59 | 17:16 | 8h 33min |
| February | 07:39 | 17:45 | 08:25 | 16:59 | 18:06 | 10h 06min |
| March | 06:42 | 18:32 | 07:25 | 17:49 | 18:51 | 11h 49min |
| April | 06:35 | 20:20 | 07:19 | 19:37 | 20:41 | 13h 45min |
| May | 05:42 | 21:06 | 06:30 | 20:18 | 21:30 | 15h 24min |
| June | 05:18 | 21:38 | 06:10 | 20:47 | 22:05 | 16h 20min |
| July | 05:35 | 21:32 | 06:25 | 20:42 | 21:57 | 15h 57min |
| August | 06:17 | 20:48 | 07:02 | 20:03 | 21:10 | 14h 31min |
| September | 07:03 | 19:43 | 07:46 | 19:01 | 20:03 | 12h 40min |
| October | 07:49 | 18:38 | 08:33 | 17:54 | 18:58 | 10h 49min |
| November | 07:40 | 16:45 | 08:31 | 15:54 | 17:07 | 9h 05min |
| December | 08:20 | 16:26 | 09:17 | 15:29 | 16:50 | 8h 07min |
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 06:10 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:18.
After sunset, Mainz still offers the blue hour: from 22:05 to 22:23 in June (18 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 Mainz today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Mainz from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:47, in mid-December at 15:29.
How long does golden hour last in Mainz?
Between 43 minutes (March) and 58 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.