Golden hour in Sapporo
Golden hour in Sapporo starts at 18:33 on 15 June and runs 43 minutes; on 15 December it is 46 minutes from 15:15. The calculator above is preset to Sapporo — 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 Sapporo
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Golden and blue hour in Sapporo: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Sapporo (43.0618, 141.3545) in the Asia/Tokyo timezone, DST included. Between December (46 minutes) and September (37 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.2.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 07:04 | 16:24 | 07:49 | 15:40 | 16:44 | 9h 20min |
| February | 06:34 | 17:05 | 07:14 | 16:25 | 17:23 | 10h 31min |
| March | 05:49 | 17:40 | 06:26 | 17:03 | 17:58 | 11h 52min |
| April | 04:54 | 18:16 | 05:32 | 17:38 | 18:34 | 13h 22min |
| May | 04:13 | 18:51 | 04:54 | 18:10 | 19:11 | 14h 38min |
| June | 03:55 | 19:16 | 04:39 | 18:33 | 19:37 | 15h 21min |
| July | 04:09 | 19:13 | 04:51 | 18:31 | 19:34 | 15h 04min |
| August | 04:40 | 18:40 | 05:20 | 18:01 | 18:58 | 13h 59min |
| September | 05:14 | 17:48 | 05:52 | 17:10 | 18:05 | 12h 33min |
| October | 05:48 | 16:54 | 06:26 | 16:16 | 17:12 | 11h 07min |
| November | 06:27 | 16:13 | 07:10 | 15:30 | 16:32 | 9h 46min |
| December | 07:00 | 16:01 | 07:46 | 15:15 | 16:21 | 9h 02min |
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 04:39 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 03:55.
After sunset, Sapporo still offers the blue hour: from 19:37 to 19:51 in June (14 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 Sapporo today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Sapporo from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 18:33, in mid-December at 15:15.
How long does golden hour last in Sapporo?
Between 37 minutes (September) and 46 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.