Golden hour in Rotterdam
Golden hour in Rotterdam starts at 21:09 on 15 June and runs 55 minutes; on 15 December it is 62 minutes from 15:29. The calculator above is preset to Rotterdam — 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 Rotterdam
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Golden and blue hour in Rotterdam: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Rotterdam (51.9244, 4.4777) in the Europe/Amsterdam timezone, DST included. Between December (62 minutes) and September (44 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.4.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 08:44 | 17:00 | 09:42 | 16:02 | 17:25 | 8h 16min |
| February | 07:58 | 17:56 | 08:47 | 17:07 | 18:17 | 9h 57min |
| March | 06:58 | 18:46 | 07:42 | 18:01 | 19:07 | 11h 48min |
| April | 06:47 | 20:39 | 07:32 | 19:53 | 21:01 | 13h 52min |
| May | 05:50 | 21:29 | 06:40 | 20:39 | 21:54 | 15h 39min |
| June | 05:23 | 22:04 | 06:18 | 21:09 | 22:33 | 16h 41min |
| July | 05:41 | 21:56 | 06:34 | 21:04 | 22:24 | 16h 16min |
| August | 06:27 | 21:08 | 07:14 | 20:21 | 21:31 | 14h 41min |
| September | 07:17 | 20:00 | 08:01 | 19:15 | 20:20 | 12h 43min |
| October | 08:07 | 18:50 | 08:53 | 18:04 | 19:11 | 10h 44min |
| November | 08:02 | 16:53 | 08:56 | 15:59 | 17:16 | 8h 51min |
| December | 08:44 | 16:32 | 09:47 | 15:29 | 16:57 | 7h 48min |
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 06:18 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:23.
After sunset, Rotterdam still offers the blue hour: from 22:33 to 22:52 in June (20 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 Rotterdam today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Rotterdam from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 21:09, in mid-December at 15:29.
How long does golden hour last in Rotterdam?
Between 44 minutes (September) and 62 minutes (December) 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.