Golden hour in Rovaniemi
Golden hour in Rovaniemi starts at 22:18 on 15 June and runs null minutes; on 15 December it is null minutes from null. The calculator above is preset to Rovaniemi — 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 Rovaniemi
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Golden and blue hour in Rovaniemi: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Rovaniemi (66.5039, 25.7294) in the Europe/Helsinki timezone, DST included. Between July (131 minutes) and September (69 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 | 10:20 | 14:34 | 15:28 | 4h 13min | ||
| February | 08:28 | 16:37 | 10:01 | 15:04 | 17:12 | 8h 09min |
| March | 06:39 | 18:15 | 07:49 | 17:05 | 18:47 | 11h 36min |
| April | 05:36 | 21:00 | 06:49 | 19:47 | 21:37 | 15h 24min |
| May | 03:33 | 22:56 | 05:13 | 21:16 | 00:17 | 19h 22min |
| June | — | — | — | 24h | ||
| July | 02:38 | 00:09 | 04:48 | 21:59 | 21h 32min | |
| August | 04:50 | 21:55 | 06:11 | 20:34 | 22:40 | 17h 04min |
| September | 06:36 | 19:51 | 07:45 | 18:42 | 20:23 | 13h 14min |
| October | 08:14 | 17:53 | 09:33 | 16:34 | 18:26 | 9h 38min |
| November | 09:09 | 14:56 | 15:40 | 5h 46min | ||
| December | 10:59 | 13:27 | 14:41 | 2h 27min |
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 04:19 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before null.
After sunset, Rovaniemi 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 Rovaniemi today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Rovaniemi from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 22:18, in mid-December at null.
How long does golden hour last in Rovaniemi?
Between 69 minutes (September) and 131 minutes (July) 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.