Golden hour in Rennes
Golden hour in Rennes starts at 21:20 on 15 June and runs 49 minutes; on 15 December it is 54 minutes from 16:21. The calculator above is preset to Rennes — 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 Rennes
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Golden and blue hour in Rennes: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Rennes (48.1173, -1.6778) and the Europe/Paris 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 | 08:53 | 17:40 | 09:44 | 16:49 | 18:02 | 8h 47min |
| February | 08:15 | 18:29 | 08:59 | 17:44 | 18:49 | 10h 14min |
| March | 07:21 | 19:12 | 08:03 | 18:31 | 19:31 | 11h 50min |
| April | 07:18 | 20:57 | 08:00 | 20:15 | 21:16 | 13h 38min |
| May | 06:29 | 21:39 | 07:14 | 20:54 | 22:01 | 15h 10min |
| June | 06:07 | 22:09 | 06:56 | 21:20 | 22:34 | 16h 02min |
| July | 06:23 | 22:04 | 07:10 | 21:16 | 22:27 | 15h 41min |
| August | 07:02 | 21:23 | 07:45 | 20:39 | 21:43 | 14h 21min |
| September | 07:44 | 20:22 | 08:25 | 19:41 | 20:41 | 12h 38min |
| October | 08:26 | 19:20 | 09:09 | 18:38 | 19:39 | 10h 54min |
| November | 08:14 | 17:30 | 09:02 | 16:42 | 17:51 | 9h 17min |
| December | 08:51 | 17:14 | 09:45 | 16:21 | 17:37 | 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 06:56 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:07.
After sunset, Rennes still offers the blue hour: from 22:34 to 22:50 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 Rennes today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Rennes from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 21:20, in mid-December at 16:21.
How long does golden hour last in Rennes?
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.