Golden hour in Paris
Golden hour in Paris starts at 21:07 on 15 June and runs 50 minutes; on 15 December it is 55 minutes from 16:00. The calculator above is preset to Paris — 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 Paris
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Golden and blue hour in Paris: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Paris (48.8566, 2.3522) and the Europe/Paris timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 42 minutes in March and 55 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 | 08:40 | 17:21 | 09:32 | 16:29 | 17:44 | 8h 42min |
| February | 08:00 | 18:11 | 08:45 | 17:26 | 18:31 | 10h 11min |
| March | 07:05 | 18:55 | 07:47 | 18:14 | 19:15 | 11h 50min |
| April | 07:01 | 20:42 | 07:43 | 19:59 | 21:02 | 13h 41min |
| May | 06:10 | 21:26 | 06:56 | 20:39 | 21:48 | 15h 15min |
| June | 05:47 | 21:56 | 06:37 | 21:07 | 22:22 | 16h 09min |
| July | 06:03 | 21:51 | 06:52 | 21:02 | 22:15 | 15h 47min |
| August | 06:44 | 21:08 | 07:28 | 20:24 | 21:30 | 14h 25min |
| September | 07:28 | 20:06 | 08:09 | 19:25 | 20:26 | 12h 39min |
| October | 08:11 | 19:03 | 08:54 | 18:20 | 19:23 | 10h 52min |
| November | 08:00 | 17:12 | 08:49 | 16:23 | 17:33 | 9h 12min |
| December | 08:38 | 16:55 | 09:33 | 16:00 | 17:18 | 8h 17min |
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 06:37 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:47.
After sunset, Paris still offers the blue hour: from 22:22 to 22:39 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 Paris today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Paris from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 21:07, in mid-December at 16:00.
How long does golden hour last in Paris?
Between 42 minutes (March) and 55 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.