Golden hour in Munich
Golden hour in Munich starts at 20:27 on 15 June and runs 49 minutes; on 15 December it is 54 minutes from 15:27. The calculator above is preset to Munich — 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 Munich
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Golden and blue hour in Munich: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Munich (48.1351, 11.582) and the Europe/Berlin timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 41 minutes in March and 54 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 | 08:00 | 16:47 | 08:51 | 15:56 | 17:09 | 8h 47min |
| February | 07:22 | 17:36 | 08:06 | 16:51 | 17:55 | 10h 14min |
| March | 06:28 | 18:19 | 07:10 | 17:37 | 18:38 | 11h 50min |
| April | 06:25 | 20:04 | 07:07 | 19:22 | 20:23 | 13h 38min |
| May | 05:36 | 20:46 | 06:21 | 20:01 | 21:08 | 15h 10min |
| June | 05:14 | 21:16 | 06:03 | 20:27 | 21:41 | 16h 02min |
| July | 05:30 | 21:11 | 06:17 | 20:23 | 21:35 | 15h 41min |
| August | 06:09 | 20:30 | 06:52 | 19:46 | 20:51 | 14h 21min |
| September | 06:51 | 19:29 | 07:32 | 18:48 | 19:48 | 12h 38min |
| October | 07:33 | 18:27 | 08:16 | 17:45 | 18:46 | 10h 54min |
| November | 07:21 | 16:37 | 08:09 | 15:49 | 16:58 | 9h 17min |
| December | 07:58 | 16:21 | 08:52 | 15:27 | 16:44 | 8h 23min |
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 06:03 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:14.
After sunset, Munich still offers the blue hour: from 21:41 to 21:57 in June (17 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 Munich today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Munich from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:27, in mid-December at 15:27.
How long does golden hour last in Munich?
Between 41 minutes (March) and 54 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.