Golden hour in Stockholm, Sweden today

Evening golden hour in Stockholm, Sweden runs 16:58 – 18:20 today, Saturday 10 October — that is 1h 21m of usable low light before blue hour takes over.

This evening

Golden hour: 16:58 – 18:20
Duration: 1h 21m
Sunset: 17:54
Blue hour: 18:20 – 18:35
Sunset direction: 258° (WSW)

17h 52m until sunset

This morning

Golden hour: 06:48 – 08:09
Duration: 1h 21m
Sunrise: 07:13
Blue hour: 06:32 – 06:48
Sunrise direction: 102° (ESE)

The next seven days

Evening golden hour, blue hour and sunset for the coming week in Stockholm.
Date	Golden hour starts	Golden hour ends	Duration	Blue hour	Sunset	Sunset direction
Sat 10 Oct	16:58	18:20	1h 21m	18:20 – 18:35	17:54	258° WSW
Sun 11 Oct	16:55	18:17	1h 21m	18:17 – 18:32	17:52	257° WSW
Mon 12 Oct	16:52	18:14	1h 22m	18:14 – 18:30	17:49	256° WSW
Tue 13 Oct	16:49	18:11	1h 22m	18:11 – 18:27	17:46	256° WSW
Wed 14 Oct	16:45	18:08	1h 22m	18:08 – 18:24	17:43	255° WSW
Thu 15 Oct	16:42	18:06	1h 23m	18:06 – 18:21	17:40	254° WSW
Fri 16 Oct	16:39	18:03	1h 23m	18:03 – 18:19	17:37	254° 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	17:26	18:45	1h 19m	18:21
Fri 2	17:23	18:43	1h 19m	18:18
Sat 3	17:20	18:40	1h 19m	18:15
Sun 4	17:17	18:37	1h 19m	18:12
Mon 5	17:14	18:34	1h 20m	18:09
Tue 6	17:11	18:31	1h 20m	18:06
Wed 7	17:07	18:28	1h 20m	18:03
Thu 8	17:04	18:25	1h 20m	18:00
Fri 9	17:01	18:22	1h 21m	17:57
Sat 10	16:58	18:20	1h 21m	17:54
Sun 11	16:55	18:17	1h 21m	17:52
Mon 12	16:52	18:14	1h 22m	17:49
Tue 13	16:49	18:11	1h 22m	17:46
Wed 14	16:45	18:08	1h 22m	17:43
Thu 15	16:42	18:06	1h 23m	17:40
Fri 16	16:39	18:03	1h 23m	17:37
Sat 17	16:36	18:00	1h 24m	17:35
Sun 18	16:33	17:57	1h 24m	17:32
Mon 19	16:30	17:55	1h 24m	17:29
Tue 20	16:27	17:52	1h 25m	17:26
Wed 21	16:23	17:49	1h 25m	17:23
Thu 22	16:20	17:47	1h 26m	17:21
Fri 23	16:17	17:44	1h 27m	17:18
Sat 24	16:14	17:42	1h 27m	17:15
Sun 25	15:11	16:39	1h 28m	16:13
Mon 26	15:08	16:36	1h 28m	16:10
Tue 27	15:05	16:34	1h 29m	16:07
Wed 28	15:01	16:31	1h 30m	16:05
Thu 29	14:58	16:29	1h 30m	16:02
Fri 30	14:55	16:26	1h 31m	15:59
Sat 31	14:52	16:24	1h 32m	15:57

How much golden light each month gives you

Total evening golden-hour minutes available in each month. December is the strongest, at about 73 hours across the month; the year ranges by 44%.

What the numbers mean for Stockholm

Through October the evening window averages about 85 minutes a day here.

December is the most generous month at roughly 2h 21m an evening, and September the tightest at about 79 minutes — a difference of 1.8×. 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 18 minutes longer than tonight, and it will start at 14:24.

The light comes from west-southwest tonight, at 258° 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 21m 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 Stockholm Twilight, solar noon, moon phases, the monthly calendar and the year in one chart.

Golden hour near Stockholm

Mariehamn 135 km · Aland Islands · sunset time 18:46