Golden hour in Sheffield
Golden hour in Sheffield starts at 20:39 on 15 June and runs 58 minutes; on 15 December it is 67 minutes from 14:41. The calculator above is preset to Sheffield — 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 Sheffield
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Golden and blue hour in Sheffield: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Sheffield (53.3811, -1.4701) in the Europe/London timezone, DST included. Between December (67 minutes) and March (46 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.5.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 08:14 | 16:17 | 09:16 | 15:15 | 16:43 | 8h 03min |
| February | 07:26 | 17:16 | 08:17 | 16:25 | 17:39 | 9h 50min |
| March | 06:22 | 18:10 | 07:08 | 17:23 | 18:31 | 11h 48min |
| April | 06:07 | 20:06 | 06:55 | 19:19 | 20:28 | 13h 58min |
| May | 05:07 | 20:59 | 06:00 | 20:07 | 21:26 | 15h 52min |
| June | 04:38 | 21:36 | 05:36 | 20:39 | 22:07 | 16h 58min |
| July | 04:57 | 21:28 | 05:52 | 20:33 | 21:57 | 16h 31min |
| August | 05:46 | 20:36 | 06:35 | 19:48 | 21:01 | 14h 50min |
| September | 06:40 | 19:24 | 07:26 | 18:38 | 19:46 | 12h 45min |
| October | 07:33 | 18:12 | 08:21 | 17:24 | 18:34 | 10h 39min |
| November | 07:31 | 16:11 | 08:29 | 15:14 | 16:35 | 8h 40min |
| December | 08:16 | 15:48 | 09:23 | 14:41 | 16:15 | 7h 32min |
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 05:36 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 04:38.
After sunset, Sheffield still offers the blue hour: from 22:07 to 22:29 in June (22 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 Sheffield today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Sheffield from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:39, in mid-December at 14:41.
How long does golden hour last in Sheffield?
Between 46 minutes (March) and 67 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.