Golden hour in Minneapolis
Golden hour in Minneapolis starts at 20:17 on 15 June and runs 45 minutes; on 15 December it is 49 minutes from 15:44. The calculator above is preset to Minneapolis — 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 Minneapolis
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Golden and blue hour in Minneapolis: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Minneapolis (44.9778, -93.265) and the America/Chicago timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 39 minutes in March and 49 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 | 07:48 | 16:58 | 08:35 | 16:11 | 17:18 | 9h 09min |
| February | 07:15 | 17:41 | 07:56 | 17:00 | 18:00 | 10h 26min |
| March | 07:27 | 19:19 | 08:05 | 18:40 | 19:37 | 11h 53min |
| April | 06:29 | 19:58 | 07:08 | 19:19 | 20:17 | 13h 29min |
| May | 05:45 | 20:36 | 06:27 | 19:53 | 20:56 | 14h 51min |
| June | 05:27 | 21:02 | 06:12 | 20:17 | 21:25 | 15h 35min |
| July | 05:41 | 20:58 | 06:25 | 20:14 | 21:20 | 15h 17min |
| August | 06:16 | 20:21 | 06:56 | 19:41 | 20:41 | 14h 06min |
| September | 06:53 | 19:26 | 07:31 | 18:47 | 19:44 | 12h 33min |
| October | 07:29 | 18:30 | 08:09 | 17:50 | 18:48 | 11h 00min |
| November | 07:11 | 16:46 | 07:56 | 16:01 | 17:05 | 9h 34min |
| December | 07:45 | 16:33 | 08:34 | 15:44 | 16:54 | 8h 48min |
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 06:12 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:27.
After sunset, Minneapolis still offers the blue hour: from 21:25 to 21:39 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 Minneapolis today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Minneapolis from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:17, in mid-December at 15:44.
How long does golden hour last in Minneapolis?
Between 39 minutes (March) and 49 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.