Golden hour in St. Gallen
Golden hour in St. Gallen starts at 20:34 on 15 June and runs 48 minutes; on 15 December it is 52 minutes from 15:40. The calculator above is preset to St. Gallen — 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 St. Gallen
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Golden and blue hour in St. Gallen: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of St. Gallen (47.4245, 9.3767) and the Europe/Zurich timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 40 minutes in September and 52 in December — schedule "an hour" and you are wrong in both.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 08:06 | 16:59 | 08:56 | 16:09 | 17:20 | 8h 52min |
| February | 07:29 | 17:46 | 08:13 | 17:02 | 18:05 | 10h 16min |
| March | 06:37 | 18:28 | 07:18 | 17:47 | 18:46 | 11h 51min |
| April | 06:35 | 20:11 | 07:16 | 19:30 | 20:31 | 13h 36min |
| May | 05:47 | 20:52 | 06:32 | 20:08 | 21:14 | 15h 06min |
| June | 05:26 | 21:22 | 06:14 | 20:34 | 21:46 | 15h 56min |
| July | 05:41 | 21:17 | 06:28 | 20:30 | 21:40 | 15h 35min |
| August | 06:19 | 20:37 | 07:02 | 19:54 | 20:57 | 14h 18min |
| September | 07:00 | 19:37 | 07:41 | 18:57 | 19:56 | 12h 37min |
| October | 07:41 | 18:37 | 08:23 | 17:55 | 18:56 | 10h 56min |
| November | 07:27 | 16:48 | 08:15 | 16:01 | 17:09 | 9h 21min |
| December | 08:04 | 16:33 | 08:56 | 15:40 | 16:55 | 8h 29min |
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 06:14 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:26.
After sunset, St. Gallen still offers the blue hour: from 21:46 to 22:02 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 St. Gallen today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for St. Gallen from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:34, in mid-December at 15:40.
How long does golden hour last in St. Gallen?
Between 40 minutes (September) and 52 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.