Golden hour in Seattle
Golden hour in Seattle starts at 20:21 on 15 June and runs 48 minutes; on 15 December it is 53 minutes from 15:26. The calculator above is preset to Seattle — 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 Seattle
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Golden and blue hour in Seattle: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Seattle (47.6062, -122.3321) in the America/Los_Angeles timezone, DST included. Between December (53 minutes) and March (41 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.3.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 07:53 | 16:45 | 08:44 | 15:55 | 17:07 | 8h 52min |
| February | 07:16 | 17:33 | 08:00 | 16:49 | 17:52 | 10h 17min |
| March | 07:23 | 19:15 | 08:04 | 18:34 | 19:34 | 11h 52min |
| April | 06:21 | 19:59 | 07:02 | 19:17 | 20:19 | 13h 38min |
| May | 05:33 | 20:40 | 06:18 | 19:55 | 21:03 | 15h 08min |
| June | 05:12 | 21:10 | 06:00 | 20:21 | 21:34 | 15h 58min |
| July | 05:28 | 21:04 | 06:14 | 20:17 | 21:27 | 15h 36min |
| August | 06:06 | 20:23 | 06:49 | 19:41 | 20:44 | 14h 17min |
| September | 06:48 | 19:23 | 07:28 | 18:43 | 19:42 | 12h 36min |
| October | 07:29 | 18:23 | 08:11 | 17:41 | 18:42 | 10h 54min |
| November | 07:15 | 16:34 | 08:03 | 15:47 | 16:55 | 9h 19min |
| December | 07:52 | 16:19 | 08:45 | 15:26 | 16:41 | 8h 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 06:00 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:12.
After sunset, Seattle still offers the blue hour: from 21:34 to 21:50 in June (16 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 Seattle today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Seattle from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:21, in mid-December at 15:26.
How long does golden hour last in Seattle?
Between 41 minutes (March) and 53 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.