The river does the work: South Bank toward Waterloo and the City, Tower Bridge from the east, Millennium Bridge as a leading line. After rain the Embankment is better than a clean sunset — double the lamps. Canary Wharf and the bridges at Greenwich are the modern version of the same idea: glass and warning lights against a blue band.
London cloud does not always kill blue hour; a thin lid can still go cobalt. A thick one will not. Check the calculator for the day you actually have, in Europe/London (GMT or BST).
Your Blue Hour
Blue hour at London, United Kingdom
Timezone: Europe/London (UTC+01:00)
- Morning blue hour
- 06:05–06:31
- Evening blue hour
- 19:15–19:41
- Sunrise
- 06:52
- Sunset
- 18:54
Times are local. Blue hour is the Sun 4° to 8° below the horizon.