Golden hour in Winterthur
Golden hour in Winterthur starts at 20:36 on 15 June and runs 48 minutes; on 15 December it is 53 minutes from 15:42. The calculator above is preset to Winterthur — 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 Winterthur
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Golden and blue hour in Winterthur: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Winterthur (47.5001, 8.7501) in the Europe/Zurich 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 | 08:09 | 17:01 | 08:59 | 16:11 | 17:22 | 8h 52min |
| February | 07:32 | 17:48 | 08:16 | 17:04 | 18:08 | 10h 16min |
| March | 06:40 | 18:30 | 07:20 | 17:49 | 18:49 | 11h 51min |
| April | 06:38 | 20:14 | 07:19 | 19:32 | 20:33 | 13h 36min |
| May | 05:49 | 20:55 | 06:34 | 20:10 | 21:17 | 15h 06min |
| June | 05:28 | 21:25 | 06:16 | 20:36 | 21:49 | 15h 57min |
| July | 05:43 | 21:20 | 06:30 | 20:33 | 21:43 | 15h 36min |
| August | 06:21 | 20:39 | 07:04 | 19:57 | 21:00 | 14h 18min |
| September | 07:03 | 19:40 | 07:43 | 18:59 | 19:59 | 12h 37min |
| October | 07:44 | 18:39 | 08:26 | 17:57 | 18:58 | 10h 55min |
| November | 07:30 | 16:51 | 08:18 | 16:03 | 17:11 | 9h 20min |
| December | 08:07 | 16:35 | 08:59 | 15:42 | 16:57 | 8h 28min |
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 06:16 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:28.
After sunset, Winterthur still offers the blue hour: from 21:49 to 22:05 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 Winterthur today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Winterthur from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:36, in mid-December at 15:42.
How long does golden hour last in Winterthur?
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.