Golden hour in Vienna

Golden hour in Vienna starts at 20:08 on 15 June and runs 49 minutes; on 15 December it is 54 minutes from 15:08. The calculator above is preset to Vienna — 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 Vienna

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Golden and blue hour in Vienna: all twelve months

Everything derives from the coordinates of Vienna (48.2082, 16.3738) and the Europe/Vienna timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 41 minutes in March and 54 in December — schedule "an hour" and you are wrong in both.

Golden and blue hour in Vienna, 2026 (mid-month, local time)
MonthSunriseSunsetGolden am (until)Golden pm (from)Blue hour (from)Daylight
January07:4116:2808:3215:3716:508h 47min
February07:0317:1607:4716:3217:3610h 13min
March06:0917:5906:5117:1818:1811h 50min
April06:0619:4406:4819:0320:0413h 39min
May05:1620:2706:0219:4220:5015h 11min
June04:5420:5705:4320:0821:2216h 03min
July05:1020:5205:5820:0421:1615h 42min
August05:4920:1106:3319:2720:3214h 21min
September06:3219:1007:1318:2919:2912h 38min
October07:1418:0807:5717:2518:2710h 54min
November07:0216:1807:5015:3016:399h 16min
December07:3916:0208:3315:0816:248h 22min

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 05:43 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 04:54.

After sunset, Vienna still offers the blue hour: from 21:22 to 21:39 in June (17 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 Vienna today?

Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Vienna from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:08, in mid-December at 15:08.

How long does golden hour last in Vienna?

Between 41 minutes (March) and 54 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.