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Golden hour in Nuremberg

In mid-June golden hour in Nuremberg starts at 20:34 and lasts 51 minutes; in mid-December it starts at 15:21 and lasts 56. The tool is set to Nuremberg — pick your shoot date.

In Nuremberg the evening golden hour starts at 20:34 in mid-June (51 min) and at 15:21 in mid-December (56 min). Pick a date for the exact day.
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Golden hour in Nuremberg, month by month

The evening window in Nuremberg is longest in December (56 minutes) and shortest in March (42 minutes). Values for the 15th of each month, local time, daylight saving included.

Nuremberg, 2026: sun times on the 15th (Europe/Berlin)
MonthSunriseSunsetGolden hour, eveningLengthBlue hour untilDaylight
January08:0716:4415:51–16:4453 min17:218 h 37 min
February07:2717:3516:49–17:3546 min18:0810 h 08 min
March06:3118:2017:38–18:2042 min18:5211 h 50 min
April06:2520:0819:25–20:0843 min20:4113 h 43 min
May05:3320:5320:06–20:5347 min21:3115 h 20 min
June05:1021:2420:34–21:2451 min22:0816 h 15 min
July05:2621:1820:29–21:1849 min22:0015 h 52 min
August06:0720:3519:51–20:3544 min21:1114 h 28 min
September06:5219:3218:50–19:3242 min20:0412 h 39 min
October07:3718:2717:44–18:2744 min19:0010 h 51 min
November07:2716:3515:45–16:3550 min17:109 h 08 min
December08:0616:1715:21–16:1756 min16:558 h 12 min

Where the sun goes down

Around the June solstice the sun sets in Nuremberg at 308° (NW), around the December solstice at 232° (SW) — 76° apart. A façade that gets backlight at the end of a summer day is lit from the side in winter, and a street that frames the sunset in July may not see it at all in January.

The highest sun of the year stands at 64° at noon, the lowest at 17°. Below about 15° the light turns warm and the shadows long enough to shape a face; the day chart in the tool shows when the sun crosses that line on your date.

Clock changes

Europe/Berlin changes the clocks on 29 March and 25 October 2026. On those dates every time in the table jumps by an hour overnight — a schedule copied from the week before the change puts the exterior an hour into the dark (or an hour too early).

Frequently asked

When does golden hour start in Nuremberg today?

The tool above opens on today’s date for Nuremberg. As a guide: in mid-June it starts at 20:34, in mid-December at 15:21.

How long is golden hour in Nuremberg?

Between 42 minutes (March) and 56 minutes (December) in the evening, measured from 6° sun altitude to sunset.

Does a building to the west change this?

Yes. Set the obstruction slider to its angle: a four-storey building 100 m away is about 5° and ends direct sun noticeably before sunset. The tool shows how many minutes you lose.