Golden hour in Mannheim

Golden hour in Mannheim starts at 20:44 on 15 June and runs 51 minutes; on 15 December it is 56 minutes from 15:31. The calculator above is preset to Mannheim — 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 Mannheim

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Golden and blue hour in Mannheim: all twelve months

Everything derives from the coordinates of Mannheim (49.4875, 8.466) and the Europe/Berlin timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 42 minutes in March and 56 in December — schedule "an hour" and you are wrong in both.

Golden and blue hour in Mannheim, 2026 (mid-month, local time)
MonthSunriseSunsetGolden am (until)Golden pm (from)Blue hour (from)Daylight
January08:1816:5409:1116:0117:178h 37min
February07:3717:4508:2316:5918:0610h 08min
March06:4118:3107:2417:4818:5011h 50min
April06:3520:1807:1819:3520:3913h 43min
May05:4321:0306:3020:1621:2715h 20min
June05:2021:3506:1120:4422:0116h 15min
July05:3621:2906:2520:4021:5415h 53min
August06:1820:4607:0220:0121:0714h 28min
September07:0319:4207:4519:0020:0212h 39min
October07:4718:3808:3117:5418:5810h 50min
November07:3816:4608:2815:5517:079h 08min
December08:1616:2809:1315:3116:518h 11min

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 06:11 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:20.

After sunset, Mannheim still offers the blue hour: from 22:01 to 22:19 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 Mannheim today?

Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Mannheim from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:44, in mid-December at 15:31.

How long does golden hour last in Mannheim?

Between 42 minutes (March) and 56 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.