Golden hour in Bologna
Golden hour in Bologna starts at 20:17 on 15 June and runs 45 minutes; on 15 December it is 48 minutes from 15:48. The calculator above is preset to Bologna — 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 Bologna
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Golden and blue hour in Bologna: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Bologna (44.4949, 11.3426) in the Europe/Rome timezone, DST included. Between December (48 minutes) and September (38 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.3.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 07:49 | 17:01 | 08:35 | 16:15 | 17:21 | 9h 12min |
| February | 07:16 | 17:43 | 07:57 | 17:02 | 18:02 | 10h 27min |
| March | 06:29 | 18:20 | 07:07 | 17:42 | 18:38 | 11h 52min |
| April | 06:32 | 19:59 | 07:11 | 19:20 | 20:17 | 13h 27min |
| May | 05:48 | 20:35 | 06:30 | 19:53 | 20:56 | 14h 47min |
| June | 05:30 | 21:02 | 06:15 | 20:17 | 21:24 | 15h 32min |
| July | 05:44 | 20:58 | 06:28 | 20:14 | 21:19 | 15h 14min |
| August | 06:18 | 20:22 | 06:58 | 19:42 | 20:42 | 14h 04min |
| September | 06:54 | 19:28 | 07:32 | 18:49 | 19:46 | 12h 34min |
| October | 07:30 | 18:32 | 08:09 | 17:53 | 18:50 | 11h 02min |
| November | 07:11 | 16:49 | 07:55 | 16:05 | 17:08 | 9h 37min |
| December | 07:45 | 16:36 | 08:33 | 15:48 | 16:57 | 8h 51min |
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 06:15 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:30.
After sunset, Bologna still offers the blue hour: from 21:24 to 21:38 in June (15 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 Bologna today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Bologna from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:17, in mid-December at 15:48.
How long does golden hour last in Bologna?
Between 38 minutes (September) and 48 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.