Golden hour in Budapest
Golden hour in Budapest starts at 19:55 on 15 June and runs 48 minutes; on 15 December it is 53 minutes from 15:01. The calculator above is preset to Budapest — 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 Budapest
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Golden and blue hour in Budapest: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Budapest (47.4979, 19.0402) in the Europe/Budapest timezone, DST included. Between December (53 minutes) and March (41 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 | 07:28 | 16:20 | 08:18 | 15:30 | 16:41 | 8h 52min |
| February | 06:51 | 17:07 | 07:35 | 16:23 | 17:27 | 10h 16min |
| March | 05:58 | 17:49 | 06:39 | 17:08 | 18:08 | 11h 51min |
| April | 05:56 | 19:33 | 06:38 | 18:51 | 19:52 | 13h 36min |
| May | 05:08 | 20:14 | 05:53 | 19:29 | 20:36 | 15h 06min |
| June | 04:47 | 20:43 | 05:35 | 19:55 | 21:08 | 15h 57min |
| July | 05:02 | 20:38 | 05:49 | 19:52 | 21:02 | 15h 36min |
| August | 05:40 | 19:58 | 06:23 | 19:16 | 20:19 | 14h 18min |
| September | 06:22 | 18:59 | 07:02 | 18:18 | 19:18 | 12h 37min |
| October | 07:03 | 17:58 | 07:45 | 17:16 | 18:17 | 10h 56min |
| November | 06:49 | 16:10 | 07:36 | 15:22 | 16:30 | 9h 21min |
| December | 07:26 | 15:54 | 08:18 | 15:01 | 16:16 | 8h 28min |
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 05:35 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 04:47.
After sunset, Budapest still offers the blue hour: from 21:08 to 21:24 in June (16 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 Budapest today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Budapest from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 19:55, in mid-December at 15:01.
How long does golden hour last in Budapest?
Between 41 minutes (March) and 53 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.