Coordinate model
Amsterdam is computed at 52.37°N, 4.90°E in Europe/Amsterdam. The coordinate, not the country or timezone alone, controls the curve.
Daylight curve
Daylight in Amsterdam, 2026
52.37°N · 4.90°E. Each vertical bar is one day of the year — bar height shows total daylight minutes.
Daylight values are generated from the city coordinates and solar-position math during the page revalidation window.
Longest day
16.8h
2026-06-18
Shortest day
7.7h
2026-12-18
Average
12.3h
Δ seasonal
6h
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Today's solar window
Sun and twilight in Amsterdam
Sunrise
7:43 AM
Solar noon
12:23 PM
Sunset
5:04 PM
Day length
9h 20m
Civil twilight (-6°)
7:07 AM to 5:40 PM
Nautical twilight (-12°)
6:26 AM to 6:21 PM
Astronomical twilight (-18°)
5:47 AM to 7:00 PM
Golden hour2h 29m total
7:21 AM to 8:35 AM · 4:12 PM to 5:26 PM
Blue hour28m total
7:07 AM to 7:21 AM · 5:26 PM to 5:40 PM
Seasonal checkpoints
Solstice and equinox anchors
March equinox
Mar 20
12h 10m
June solstice
Jun 21
16h 48m
September equinox
Sep 22
12h 13m
December solstice
Dec 21
7h 41m
Full-year edge cases: 0 polar-day entries and 0 polar-night entries in the 2026 curve.
City solar dossier
Amsterdam daylight facts that are not generic
These rows bind the page to Amsterdam's coordinates, local timezone, annual daylight spread, twilight availability, and peer-city curve rather than a reusable sunrise template.
Annual daylight spread
9h 7m between Dec 18 (7h 41m) and Jun 18 (16h 48m).
Local-date snapshot
Today resolves to sunrise 7:43 AM, solar noon 12:23 PM, and sunset 5:04 PM.
Photographer signal
golden hour today 2h 29m; blue hour today 28m; longest golden-hour day Dec 21 — 3h
Darkness and white-night risk
298 days include astronomical darkness; 0 civil white-night days and 67 astronomical white-night days are modeled in 2026.
Best comparison anchors
Berlin (9h 11m swing); London (8h 48m swing); Vancouver (8h 4m swing); Paris (7h 56m swing); Moscow (10h 33m swing)
Solar evidence pack
Why this Amsterdam sun page is retained
This audit ties the page to a retained city route, exact coordinates, local timezone, a full-year daylight curve, twilight thresholds, and peer-city comparisons.
12/12checks
Retained city route
pass/sun/amsterdam/ resolves to Amsterdam, Netherlands; the route is generated only from the retained SUN_CITIES list.
Coordinate precision
pass52.37°N, 4.90°E; latitude band high-mid latitude band; Northern Hemisphere.
Local timezone
passEurope/Amsterdam is used to anchor today's local sunrise, sunset, solar noon, and twilight windows.
Full-year daylight curve
pass365 daily daylight rows were computed for 2026; expected 365.
Annual extremes
passLongest Jun 18 (16h 48m), shortest Dec 18 (7h 41m), average 12h 17m.
Seasonal momentum
passFastest gain Mar 11 (+5m from the previous day); fastest loss Oct 5 (-5m from the previous day); closest 12-hour day Sep 25 at 12h 1m (+1m from 12h).
Local-day solar snapshot
passToday: sunrise 7:43 AM, solar noon 12:23 PM, sunset 5:04 PM.
Twilight ladder
passGolden Dec 21 — 3h; blue Jun 21 — 41m; civil Jun 21 — 1h 40m; astronomical night Dec 21 — 12h 5m.
Darkness and white-night model
pass298 days with astronomical darkness; 0 civil white-night days; 67 astronomical white-night days.
Seasonal checkpoints
passMarch equinox: 12h 10m; June solstice: 16h 48m; September equinox: 12h 13m; December solstice: 7h 41m
Peer curve comparison
passBerlin (9h 11m); London (8h 48m); Vancouver (8h 4m); Paris (7h 56m); Moscow (10h 33m)
Method and citation boundary
passSolar thresholds are NOAA-style; timezone rules use IANA. The page is a planning model, not a legal almanac or obstruction-aware site survey.
Practical read
How to use this solar profile
Photography
2h 29m golden hour today
Best annual golden-hour day: Dec 21 — 3h. Blue-hour total today: 28m.
Astronomy
298 true-darkness days
Longest astronomical-night entry: Dec 21 — 12h 5m. Use local cloud cover and moon phase separately.
Outdoor routine
9h 20m daylight today
Sunrise 7:43 AM and sunset 5:04 PM are the practical day-boundaries for school runs, work windows, and outdoor activity.
Seasonal planning
9h 7m annual swing
June average 16h 43m; December average 7h 47m. This is the year-scale gap to check before travel or outdoor scheduling.
Travel comparison
10 retained peer curves
Amsterdam's closest daylight-pattern peers here include Berlin (9h 11m annual swing), London (8h 48m annual swing), Vancouver (8h 4m annual swing), Paris (7h 56m annual swing).
Civil-light risk
Full civil-twilight bound all year
Civil twilight uses -6°. White-night counts matter because dawn/dusk phases stop behaving like ordinary morning/evening windows.
Calculation boundaries
What this model can and cannot promise
What this model includes
Latitude, longitude, solar elevation thresholds, atmospheric-refraction sunrise/sunset convention, Europe/Amsterdam local formatting, and a 365-day sweep for 2026.
What this model excludes
Mountains, skyline obstruction, sea horizon differences, weather, smoke, cloud cover, local legal definitions, aviation rules, and observer elevation.
When to verify elsewhere
Use official observatory, aviation, maritime, legal, or local almanac sources for high-stakes operations; this page is designed for planning, comparison, and general reference.
Why city pages differ
Two cities in Europe/Amsterdam can still have different daylight and twilight curves because the coordinate pair, especially latitude, drives the result.
Seasonal daylight fingerprint
How daylight changes through 2026
These values are derived from the same 365-day curve: threshold counts, fastest day-to-day change, the closest 12-hour balance, and monthly daylight averages.
14h+ daylight days
133
Days at or above fourteen hours of sun.
10h-or-less days
113
Short-day entries at ten hours or below.
Fastest gain
Mar 11 (+5m from the previous day)
Fastest loss
Oct 5 (-5m from the previous day)
Closest 12-hour balance
Sep 25 at 12h 1m (+1m from 12h)
Brightest month
June average 16h 43m
Shortest month
December average 7h 47m
Year-round photographer planning
Golden & blue hour across 2026
Combined morning + evening windows, computed for every UTC day of the year.
- Longest golden hour day
- Dec 21 — 3h
- Shortest non-zero golden hour day
- Mar 22 — 2h 11m
- Year-round daily average
- 2h 31m
- Longest blue hour day
- Jun 21 — 41m
- Blue-hour daily average
- 31m
- Longest civil twilight
- Jun 21 — 1h 40m
- Civil twilight average
- 1h 18m
- Longest astronomical night
- Dec 21 — 12h 5m
- Days with true darkness
- 298 / 365
White-night counts
0 days without civil-twilight bound, 0 without nautical-twilight bound, 67 without astronomical-twilight bound. On those days the sun never gets low enough for the named phase to occur, so true darkness disappears for that stretch.
Twilight phases reference
What each phase means
Solar elevation thresholds used on this page. All angles are measured from the true horizon at the city coordinate.
Sunrise / sunset · -0.833°
The sun's upper edge crosses the horizon. The negative value is atmospheric refraction (~34') plus the apparent solar disc radius (~16') — what almanacs call "official" sunrise/sunset.
Golden hour · 6° to -4°
Warm, low-angle light photographers and cinematographers plan around. Two windows per day — one in the morning, one in the evening.
Blue hour · -4° to -6°
Sky takes on deep, even blues; useful for cityscape photography because artificial lights and ambient sky balance.
Civil twilight · -6°
Brightest natural objects are still visible; outdoor activities don't need artificial light. Used in many legal definitions of dawn/dusk.
Nautical twilight · -12°
Horizon is just visible at sea, allowing celestial navigation; named for sailors taking sextant fixes.
Astronomical twilight · -18°
Sky is dark enough for deep-sky observation. After astronomical dusk and before astronomical dawn is when astrophotographers shoot.
Solar planning depth
What the Amsterdam daylight curve means
This section turns the chart into readable planning context: latitude, seasonal range, monthly checkpoints, and how the curve should be used.
Solar fingerprint
Amsterdam, Netherlands is modeled at 52.37°N, 4.90°E in Europe/Amsterdam. That coordinate pair drives every bar in the 2026 daylight curve.
Seasonal swing
The longest day is Jun 18 at 16h 48m; the shortest is Dec 18 at 7h 41m. The yearly range is 9h 7m, which makes this a large seasonal daylight profile.
Latitude context
Amsterdam sits in the Northern Hemisphere high-mid latitude band. Latitude is the main reason two cities in the same timezone can have very different sunrise, sunset, and day-length patterns.
Monthly anchors
Useful checkpoints in this curve: Jan 15 8h 14m, Mar 15 11h 50m, Jun 15 16h 46m, and Sep 15 12h 41m. These anchors help readers see the shape of the year without reading all 365 bars one by one.
Today and twilight
Today in Amsterdam, sunrise is about 7:43 AM, sunset about 5:04 PM, solar noon 12:23 PM, and daylight totals 9h 20m. Civil twilight runs 7:07 AM to 5:40 PM; golden hour windows are 7:21 AM to 8:35 AM and 4:12 PM to 5:26 PM.
Golden hour planning
Today's combined morning + evening golden hour totals 2h 29m. The longest combined golden hour day of 2026 is Dec 21 — 3h. The shortest non-zero day is Mar 22 — 2h 11m. Year-round average is 2h 31m per day across days where a golden-hour window exists.
Twilight ladder
Nautical twilight today: 6:26 AM to 6:21 PM. Astronomical twilight today: 5:47 AM to 7:00 PM. The single longest stretch of true astronomical darkness in 2026 occurs on Dec 21 — 12h 5m. 298 days in 2026 include at least some astronomical darkness. 67 astronomical white-night days (the sun never reaches -18°), so true darkness disappears for that stretch.
Seasonal momentum
Fastest daily daylight gain: Mar 11 (+5m from the previous day). Fastest daily daylight loss: Oct 5 (-5m from the previous day). Closest 12-hour balance: Sep 25 at 12h 1m (+1m from 12h). Average-month anchors: June average 16h 43m is brightest, while December average 7h 47m is shortest. 133 days reach 14h+ daylight; 113 days stay at 10h or less.
Blue and civil light
Today's combined blue hour totals 28m. The longest combined blue-hour day is Jun 21 — 41m. Blue-hour average is 31m per usable day. The longest civil-twilight-only day is Jun 21 — 1h 40m. Civil twilight averages 1h 18m where both dawn and dusk edges exist.
Sunrise and sunset are approximations for planning and comparison. For legal, aviation, photography, or scientific use, verify with a local almanac or official observatory source.
Frequently asked questions
Amsterdam sun questions
- When is golden hour in Amsterdam?
- Today, the evening golden hour in Amsterdam runs 4:12 PM to 5:26 PM; the morning window is 7:21 AM to 8:35 AM. Combined total today is 2h 29m. Across 2026, the longest combined golden-hour day is Dec 21 — 3h.
- When does civil twilight start and end in Amsterdam?
- Civil twilight in Amsterdam today runs 7:07 AM to 5:40 PM. It's the period when the sun is between -0.833° and -6° elevation; the brightest stars become visible at the dusk boundary.
- What is the longest astronomical-night day of the year in Amsterdam?
- Amsterdam's longest stretch of true astronomical darkness in 2026 is Dec 21 — 12h 5m. Astronomical twilight ends when the sun reaches -18° elevation; only beyond that do deep-sky targets become observable.
- Are there white nights in Amsterdam?
- 0 days without a civil-twilight bound, 0 without a nautical-twilight bound, 67 without an astronomical-twilight bound. On those days the sun never falls low enough for the named phase to occur, so true darkness disappears for that stretch of 2026.
Comparable daylight curves
These are selected by latitude and annual daylight swing, not by the generic city list, so the comparison is tied to Amsterdam's actual solar profile.