Golden hour in Nuuk today

Morning gold starts at , in 8 hr 5 min. Tonight's golden hour runs 4:14 – 6:04 PM, with sunset at .

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  • Morning gold · next up
    8:16 – 10:06 AM
    110 minutes, from the southeast
  • Sunrise
    8:48 AM
    117° · east-southeast117° ESE
  • Evening gold
    4:14 – 6:04 PM
    110 minutes
  • Sunset
    5:32 PM
    243° · west-southwest243° WSW
  • Blue hour
    6:04 – 6:23 PM
    and 7:57 – 8:16 AM

Direction

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Tonight the sun sets at 243°, well south of due west. Right now the sun is below the horizon. Tap the map anywhere to see where the light comes from there; drag the time slider above to watch shadows swing through the day.

Through the year

Nuuk's golden hours, month by month

Gold bands are the morning and evening golden hours; the pale area is daylight. The jumps in late March and late October are the clocks changing.

Golden hour in Nuuk on the 15th of each month, 2026
MonthMorning goldEvening goldSunsetSun sets toward
January—10:10 AM – 5:02 PM4:19 PM217° SW
February8:50 – 10:40 AM4:42 – 6:32 PM6:00 PM242° WSW
March7:16 – 8:48 AM6:23 – 7:57 PM7:27 PM267° W
April6:21 – 8:00 AM8:54 – 10:34 PM10:01 PM295° WNW
May4:18 – 6:35 AM10:12 PM – 12:31 AM11:37 PM321° NW
Juneovernightovernight1:00 AM340° NNW
July3:09 – 6:17 AM10:46 PM – 1:48 AM12:23 AM330° NNW
August5:39 – 7:29 AM9:31 – 11:20 PM10:42 PM305° NW
September7:20 – 8:52 AM7:49 – 9:22 PM8:52 PM278° W
October8:47 – 10:27 AM5:56 – 7:36 PM7:06 PM251° WSW
November9:18 – 11:57 AM2:25 – 5:04 PM4:25 PM225° SW
December—10:24 AM – 4:19 PM3:27 PM209° SSW

Times on the 15th of each month, 2026, Nuuk local time.

How long does golden hour last in Nuuk?

Around 93 to 182 minutes each evening. It's shortest in March and September, about 93 minutes, and longest in July, about 182 minutes. In June there's no ordinary evening window: the sun stays high through the night. In January and December the sun stays low all day, so the gold merges into one long window or doesn't come at all. The farther from the equator, the longer it lasts, because the sun crosses the horizon at a shallower angle.

Which way does the sun set in Nuuk?

Toward the south-southwest in December, around 209°, swinging to the north-northwest in June, around 340°. Today it sets at 243°, well south of due west.

When do the clocks change?

Summer time starts on Sunday, March 28, 2027. Sunset that evening moves an hour later, to about 9:05 PM.

Golden hour near Nuuk today

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Evening golden hour, in each city's own local time.