Golden hour in Seoul
Golden hour in Seoul starts at 19:17 on 15 June and runs 39 minutes; on 15 December it is 41 minutes from 16:35. The calculator above is preset to Seoul — 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 Seoul
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Golden and blue hour in Seoul: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Seoul (37.5665, 126.978) in the Asia/Seoul timezone, DST included. Between December (41 minutes) and March (35 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 | 07:47 | 17:37 | 08:26 | 16:57 | 17:55 | 9h 50min |
| February | 07:23 | 18:11 | 08:00 | 17:35 | 18:28 | 10h 48min |
| March | 06:45 | 18:39 | 07:20 | 18:04 | 18:55 | 11h 54min |
| April | 05:59 | 19:07 | 06:34 | 18:32 | 19:23 | 13h 08min |
| May | 05:24 | 19:34 | 06:01 | 18:57 | 19:52 | 14h 10min |
| June | 05:11 | 19:55 | 05:50 | 19:17 | 20:14 | 14h 44min |
| July | 05:23 | 19:54 | 06:01 | 19:16 | 20:13 | 14h 31min |
| August | 05:48 | 19:27 | 06:24 | 18:51 | 19:44 | 13h 39min |
| September | 06:14 | 18:43 | 06:49 | 18:08 | 18:59 | 12h 28min |
| October | 06:40 | 17:57 | 07:16 | 17:22 | 18:13 | 11h 17min |
| November | 07:12 | 17:23 | 07:50 | 16:45 | 17:40 | 10h 11min |
| December | 07:40 | 17:16 | 08:21 | 16:35 | 17:34 | 9h 35min |
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 05:50 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:11.
After sunset, Seoul still offers the blue hour: from 20:14 to 20:27 in June (12 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 Seoul today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Seoul from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 19:17, in mid-December at 16:35.
How long does golden hour last in Seoul?
Between 35 minutes (March) and 41 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.