Golden hour in Marseille
Golden hour in Marseille starts at 20:38 on 15 June and runs 43 minutes; on 15 December it is 46 minutes from 16:18. The calculator above is preset to Marseille — 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 Marseille
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Golden and blue hour in Marseille: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Marseille (43.2965, 5.3698) in the Europe/Paris timezone, DST included. Between December (46 minutes) and March (38 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.2.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 08:09 | 17:28 | 08:53 | 16:43 | 17:48 | 9h 19min |
| February | 07:38 | 18:09 | 08:18 | 17:29 | 18:27 | 10h 31min |
| March | 06:52 | 18:45 | 07:30 | 18:07 | 19:02 | 11h 53min |
| April | 06:57 | 20:21 | 07:36 | 19:43 | 20:39 | 13h 24min |
| May | 06:16 | 20:56 | 06:57 | 20:15 | 21:16 | 14h 40min |
| June | 05:59 | 21:21 | 06:42 | 20:38 | 21:42 | 15h 23min |
| July | 06:12 | 21:18 | 06:55 | 20:35 | 21:39 | 15h 05min |
| August | 06:44 | 20:44 | 07:24 | 20:04 | 21:02 | 13h 59min |
| September | 07:18 | 19:51 | 07:56 | 19:13 | 20:09 | 12h 33min |
| October | 07:53 | 18:57 | 08:31 | 18:19 | 19:15 | 11h 05min |
| November | 07:32 | 17:16 | 08:15 | 16:33 | 17:35 | 9h 44min |
| December | 08:05 | 17:04 | 08:51 | 16:18 | 17:24 | 9h 00min |
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 06:42 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:59.
After sunset, Marseille still offers the blue hour: from 21:42 to 21:57 in June (14 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 Marseille today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Marseille from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:38, in mid-December at 16:18.
How long does golden hour last in Marseille?
Between 38 minutes (March) and 46 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.