Golden hour in Nantes
Golden hour in Nantes starts at 21:17 on 15 June and runs 48 minutes; on 15 December it is 52 minutes from 16:25. The calculator above is preset to Nantes — 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 Nantes
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Golden and blue hour in Nantes: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Nantes (47.2184, -1.5536) and the Europe/Paris timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 40 minutes in March and 52 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 | 08:49 | 17:43 | 09:39 | 16:53 | 18:04 | 8h 54min |
| February | 08:13 | 18:30 | 08:56 | 17:47 | 18:49 | 10h 17min |
| March | 07:21 | 19:11 | 08:01 | 18:31 | 19:30 | 11h 51min |
| April | 07:19 | 20:55 | 08:00 | 20:13 | 21:14 | 13h 35min |
| May | 06:31 | 21:36 | 07:16 | 20:51 | 21:57 | 15h 04min |
| June | 06:10 | 22:05 | 06:58 | 21:17 | 22:29 | 15h 54min |
| July | 06:26 | 22:00 | 07:12 | 21:13 | 22:23 | 15h 34min |
| August | 07:03 | 21:20 | 07:46 | 20:38 | 21:40 | 14h 17min |
| September | 07:44 | 20:21 | 08:24 | 19:40 | 20:40 | 12h 37min |
| October | 08:25 | 19:21 | 09:06 | 18:39 | 19:40 | 10h 56min |
| November | 08:11 | 17:33 | 08:58 | 16:46 | 17:53 | 9h 22min |
| December | 08:47 | 17:17 | 09:39 | 16:25 | 17:40 | 8h 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 06:58 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:10.
After sunset, Nantes still offers the blue hour: from 22:29 to 22:45 in June (16 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 Nantes today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Nantes from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 21:17, in mid-December at 16:25.
How long does golden hour last in Nantes?
Between 40 minutes (March) and 52 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.