Golden hour in Manchester
Golden hour in Manchester starts at 20:42 on 15 June and runs 58 minutes; on 15 December it is 67 minutes from 14:43. The calculator above is preset to Manchester — 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 Manchester
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Golden and blue hour in Manchester: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Manchester (53.4808, -2.2426) in the Europe/London timezone, DST included. Between December (67 minutes) and March (46 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.5.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 08:18 | 16:20 | 09:20 | 15:18 | 16:45 | 8h 02min |
| February | 07:29 | 17:19 | 08:20 | 16:28 | 17:41 | 9h 50min |
| March | 06:25 | 18:13 | 07:11 | 17:26 | 18:34 | 11h 47min |
| April | 06:10 | 20:09 | 06:57 | 19:22 | 20:32 | 13h 59min |
| May | 05:10 | 21:03 | 06:02 | 20:10 | 21:29 | 15h 53min |
| June | 04:40 | 21:40 | 05:38 | 20:42 | 22:11 | 17h 00min |
| July | 04:59 | 21:32 | 05:55 | 20:36 | 22:00 | 16h 32min |
| August | 05:49 | 20:40 | 06:38 | 19:51 | 21:04 | 14h 51min |
| September | 06:43 | 19:28 | 07:29 | 18:42 | 19:49 | 12h 45min |
| October | 07:36 | 18:15 | 08:24 | 17:27 | 18:37 | 10h 39min |
| November | 07:35 | 16:14 | 08:32 | 15:17 | 16:38 | 8h 39min |
| December | 08:19 | 15:50 | 09:27 | 14:43 | 16:17 | 7h 31min |
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 05:38 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 04:40.
After sunset, Manchester still offers the blue hour: from 22:11 to 22:33 in June (22 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 Manchester today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Manchester from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:42, in mid-December at 14:43.
How long does golden hour last in Manchester?
Between 46 minutes (March) and 67 minutes (December) in the evening. The name misleads — it only reaches a full hour in the longest months.
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.