Golden hour in Amsterdam, The Netherlands today

Evening golden hour in Amsterdam, The Netherlands runs 18:10 – 19:18 today, Saturday 10 October — that is 1h 7m of usable low light before blue hour takes over.

This evening

Golden hour: 18:10 – 19:18
Duration: 1h 7m
Sunset: 18:57
Blue hour: 19:18 – 19:31
Sunset direction: 260° (W)

18h 55m until sunset

This morning

Golden hour: 07:35 – 08:43
Duration: 1h 7m
Sunrise: 07:56
Blue hour: 07:22 – 07:35
Sunrise direction: 100° (E)

The next seven days

Evening golden hour, blue hour and sunset for the coming week in Amsterdam.
Date	Golden hour starts	Golden hour ends	Duration	Blue hour	Sunset	Sunset direction
Sat 10 Oct	18:10	19:18	1h 7m	19:18 – 19:31	18:57	260° W
Sun 11 Oct	18:08	19:15	1h 7m	19:15 – 19:29	18:54	259° W
Mon 12 Oct	18:06	19:13	1h 7m	19:13 – 19:26	18:52	259° WSW
Tue 13 Oct	18:03	19:11	1h 7m	19:11 – 19:24	18:50	258° WSW
Wed 14 Oct	18:01	19:09	1h 7m	19:09 – 19:22	18:48	257° WSW
Thu 15 Oct	17:59	19:07	1h 8m	19:07 – 19:20	18:46	257° WSW
Fri 16 Oct	17:56	19:05	1h 8m	19:05 – 19:18	18:43	256° WSW

Golden hour in October 2026

Evening golden hour start, end and duration for every day of October 2026.
Date	Starts	Ends	Duration	Sunset
Thu 1	18:32	19:38	1h 6m	19:17
Fri 2	18:30	19:36	1h 6m	19:15
Sat 3	18:27	19:34	1h 6m	19:13
Sun 4	18:25	19:31	1h 6m	19:10
Mon 5	18:22	19:29	1h 6m	19:08
Tue 6	18:20	19:27	1h 6m	19:06
Wed 7	18:18	19:24	1h 6m	19:04
Thu 8	18:15	19:22	1h 6m	19:01
Fri 9	18:13	19:20	1h 7m	18:59
Sat 10	18:10	19:18	1h 7m	18:57
Sun 11	18:08	19:15	1h 7m	18:54
Mon 12	18:06	19:13	1h 7m	18:52
Tue 13	18:03	19:11	1h 7m	18:50
Wed 14	18:01	19:09	1h 7m	18:48
Thu 15	17:59	19:07	1h 8m	18:46
Fri 16	17:56	19:05	1h 8m	18:43
Sat 17	17:54	19:02	1h 8m	18:41
Sun 18	17:51	19:00	1h 8m	18:39
Mon 19	17:49	18:58	1h 9m	18:37
Tue 20	17:47	18:56	1h 9m	18:35
Wed 21	17:44	18:54	1h 9m	18:33
Thu 22	17:42	18:52	1h 9m	18:30
Fri 23	17:40	18:50	1h 10m	18:28
Sat 24	17:38	18:48	1h 10m	18:26
Sun 25	16:35	17:46	1h 10m	17:24
Mon 26	16:33	17:44	1h 11m	17:22
Tue 27	16:31	17:42	1h 11m	17:20
Wed 28	16:29	17:40	1h 11m	17:18
Thu 29	16:26	17:38	1h 11m	17:16
Fri 30	16:24	17:36	1h 12m	17:14
Sat 31	16:22	17:35	1h 12m	17:12

How much golden light each month gives you

Total evening golden-hour minutes available in each month. December is the strongest, at about 46 hours across the month; the year ranges by 26%.

What the numbers mean for Amsterdam

Through October the evening window averages about 69 minutes a day here.

December is the most generous month at roughly 89 minutes an evening, and March the tightest at about 66 minutes — a difference of 1.3×. That gap is geometry, not weather: the shallower the sun meets the horizon, the longer it spends crossing the golden band.

A month from now the evening window will be about 9 minutes longer than tonight, and it will start at 16:03.

The light comes from west tonight, at 260° on the compass. Check that against your viewpoint before committing to it — the bearing moves through the year, as the table above shows.

What counts as golden hour

Golden hour is defined here by the sun’s altitude, not by a fixed number of minutes. It runs while the sun sits between +6° and −4° relative to the horizon: high enough to still light the scene, low enough that the light has travelled through a long path of atmosphere and lost its blue.

Below −4° the direct light is gone and blue hour takes over, running to −6° where civil twilight ends. Because the definition is angular, the length of golden hour depends on how steeply the sun meets the horizon — which is a function of latitude and season, not of the clock. That is why it lasts 1h 7m here today and about 40 minutes at the equator.

Full definitions of every term used here — golden hour, blue hour, altitude, azimuth — are in the glossary.

Full sunrise and sunset times for Amsterdam Twilight, solar noon, moon phases, the monthly calendar and the year in one chart.