Golden hour in Athens
Golden hour in Athens starts at 20:11 on 15 June and runs 39 minutes; on 15 December it is 41 minutes from 16:26. The calculator above is preset to Athens — pick a date and sunrise, sunset, golden and blue hour for that exact shoot day are right there, exportable as a calendar entry.
Golden hour calculator for Athens
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Golden and blue hour in Athens: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Athens (37.9838, 23.7275) in the Europe/Athens timezone, DST included. Between December (41 minutes) and March (35 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.2.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 07:41 | 17:29 | 08:21 | 16:49 | 17:47 | 9h 49min |
| February | 07:16 | 18:04 | 07:53 | 17:27 | 18:20 | 10h 47min |
| March | 06:38 | 18:32 | 07:12 | 17:57 | 18:48 | 11h 55min |
| April | 06:51 | 20:01 | 07:26 | 19:25 | 20:17 | 13h 10min |
| May | 06:16 | 20:29 | 06:53 | 19:51 | 20:47 | 14h 13min |
| June | 06:03 | 20:50 | 06:42 | 20:11 | 21:09 | 14h 47min |
| July | 06:15 | 20:48 | 06:53 | 20:10 | 21:07 | 14h 33min |
| August | 06:41 | 20:20 | 07:17 | 19:44 | 20:37 | 13h 40min |
| September | 07:07 | 19:35 | 07:42 | 19:01 | 19:51 | 12h 28min |
| October | 07:34 | 18:49 | 08:09 | 18:14 | 19:06 | 11h 15min |
| November | 07:06 | 17:15 | 07:45 | 16:36 | 17:32 | 10h 09min |
| December | 07:35 | 17:07 | 08:16 | 16:26 | 17:26 | 9h 33min |
Fitting the window into the shoot day
The evening window is the reliable half: the crew is warmed up, the setup exists, and golden hour is the last slot before wrap. The morning window right after sunrise (until 06:42 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:03.
After sunset, Athens still offers the blue hour: from 21:09 to 21:21 in June (12 minutes). If you need both looks on one evening, everything from the start of golden hour to the end of blue hour is one continuous window — with no room for a re-rig inside it.
Frequently asked
When is golden hour in Athens today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Athens from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:11, in mid-December at 16:26.
How long does golden hour last in Athens?
Between 35 minutes (March) and 41 minutes (December) in the evening. The name misleads — it never actually reaches a full hour here.
How accurate are the times?
To about one minute (standard NOAA-style solar computation). Not included: horizon shading from buildings or hills to the west — which can genuinely shorten the window at your location.