Golden hour in Nice
Golden hour in Nice starts at 20:31 on 15 June and runs 44 minutes; on 15 December it is 47 minutes from 16:08. The calculator above is preset to Nice — 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 Nice
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Golden and blue hour in Nice: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Nice (43.7102, 7.262) in the Europe/Paris timezone, DST included. Between December (47 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 | 08:02 | 17:19 | 08:48 | 16:34 | 17:39 | 9h 17min |
| February | 07:31 | 18:01 | 08:11 | 17:21 | 18:19 | 10h 30min |
| March | 06:45 | 18:37 | 07:23 | 17:59 | 18:55 | 11h 52min |
| April | 06:49 | 20:14 | 07:28 | 19:35 | 20:32 | 13h 25min |
| May | 06:07 | 20:49 | 06:48 | 20:08 | 21:10 | 14h 43min |
| June | 05:49 | 21:15 | 06:33 | 20:31 | 21:37 | 15h 26min |
| July | 06:03 | 21:12 | 06:46 | 20:29 | 21:33 | 15h 08min |
| August | 06:36 | 20:37 | 07:15 | 19:57 | 20:56 | 14h 01min |
| September | 07:11 | 19:44 | 07:49 | 19:06 | 20:01 | 12h 33min |
| October | 07:45 | 18:49 | 08:24 | 18:10 | 19:07 | 11h 04min |
| November | 07:26 | 17:07 | 08:09 | 16:24 | 17:26 | 9h 42min |
| December | 07:58 | 16:55 | 08:45 | 16:08 | 17:16 | 8h 57min |
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 06:33 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:49.
After sunset, Nice still offers the blue hour: from 21:37 to 21:51 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 Nice today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Nice from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:31, in mid-December at 16:08.
How long does golden hour last in Nice?
Between 38 minutes (March) and 47 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.