Golden hour in Zurich
Golden hour in Zurich starts at 20:37 on 15 June and runs 48 minutes; on 15 December it is 52 minutes from 15:44. The calculator above is preset to Zurich — 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 Zurich
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Golden and blue hour in Zurich: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Zurich (47.3769, 8.5417) in the Europe/Zurich timezone, DST included. Between December (52 minutes) and September (40 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 | 17:02 | 08:59 | 16:12 | 17:24 | 8h 53min |
| February | 07:33 | 17:49 | 08:16 | 17:06 | 18:09 | 10h 17min |
| March | 06:40 | 18:31 | 07:21 | 17:50 | 18:50 | 11h 51min |
| April | 06:39 | 20:14 | 07:20 | 19:33 | 20:34 | 13h 36min |
| May | 05:50 | 20:56 | 06:35 | 20:11 | 21:18 | 15h 05min |
| June | 05:29 | 21:25 | 06:17 | 20:37 | 21:49 | 15h 55min |
| July | 05:45 | 21:20 | 06:31 | 20:33 | 21:43 | 15h 35min |
| August | 06:23 | 20:40 | 07:05 | 19:57 | 21:00 | 14h 17min |
| September | 07:04 | 19:41 | 07:44 | 19:00 | 19:59 | 12h 37min |
| October | 07:44 | 18:40 | 08:26 | 17:58 | 18:59 | 10h 56min |
| November | 07:31 | 16:52 | 08:18 | 16:05 | 17:13 | 9h 21min |
| December | 08:07 | 16:36 | 08:59 | 15:44 | 16:59 | 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 06:17 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:29.
After sunset, Zurich 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 Zurich today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Zurich from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:37, in mid-December at 15:44.
How long does golden hour last in Zurich?
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.