Golden hour in Reykjavík
Golden hour in Reykjavík starts at 22:05 on 15 June and runs 115 minutes; on 15 December it is null minutes from null. The calculator above is preset to Reykjavík — 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 Reykjavík
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Golden and blue hour in Reykjavík: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Reykjavík (64.1466, -21.9426) in the Atlantic/Reykjavik timezone, DST included. Between November (118 minutes) and September (63 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.9.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 10:56 | 16:19 | 17:03 | 5h 23min | ||
| February | 09:25 | 18:01 | 10:44 | 16:42 | 18:33 | 8h 36min |
| March | 07:48 | 19:27 | 08:52 | 18:23 | 19:56 | 11h 39min |
| April | 05:57 | 21:00 | 07:03 | 19:54 | 21:33 | 15h 03min |
| May | 04:14 | 22:36 | 05:38 | 21:12 | 23:28 | 18h 22min |
| June | 02:58 | 00:00 | 04:53 | 22:05 | 21h 02min | |
| July | 03:41 | 23:27 | 05:19 | 21:50 | 00:57 | 19h 46min |
| August | 05:19 | 21:47 | 06:30 | 20:36 | 22:25 | 16h 28min |
| September | 06:51 | 19:57 | 07:54 | 18:54 | 20:27 | 13h 06min |
| October | 08:18 | 18:11 | 09:28 | 17:01 | 18:41 | 9h 53min |
| November | 09:57 | 16:30 | 11:54 | 14:32 | 17:08 | 6h 34min |
| December | 11:17 | 15:30 | 16:22 | 4h 14min |
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 04:53 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 02:58.
After sunset, Reykjavík still offers the blue hour: from null to null in June (null 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 Reykjavík today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Reykjavík from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 22:05, in mid-December at null.
How long does golden hour last in Reykjavík?
Between 63 minutes (September) and 118 minutes (November) in the evening. The name misleads — it only reaches a full hour in the longest months.
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.