Golden hour in Bucharest
Golden hour in Bucharest starts at 20:18 on 15 June and runs 45 minutes; on 15 December it is 48 minutes from 15:50. The calculator above is preset to Bucharest — 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 Bucharest
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Golden and blue hour in Bucharest: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Bucharest (44.4268, 26.1025) and the Europe/Bucharest timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 38 minutes in March and 48 in December — schedule "an hour" and you are wrong in both.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 07:49 | 17:02 | 08:35 | 16:16 | 17:22 | 9h 12min |
| February | 07:17 | 17:44 | 07:58 | 17:03 | 18:03 | 10h 27min |
| March | 06:30 | 18:21 | 07:08 | 17:43 | 18:39 | 11h 52min |
| April | 06:33 | 20:00 | 07:12 | 19:21 | 20:18 | 13h 27min |
| May | 05:50 | 20:36 | 06:32 | 19:54 | 20:57 | 14h 47min |
| June | 05:31 | 21:02 | 06:16 | 20:18 | 21:24 | 15h 31min |
| July | 05:45 | 20:59 | 06:29 | 20:15 | 21:20 | 15h 13min |
| August | 06:19 | 20:23 | 06:59 | 19:43 | 20:42 | 14h 04min |
| September | 06:55 | 19:29 | 07:33 | 18:50 | 19:47 | 12h 34min |
| October | 07:31 | 18:33 | 08:10 | 17:54 | 18:51 | 11h 03min |
| November | 07:12 | 16:50 | 07:56 | 16:06 | 17:09 | 9h 38min |
| December | 07:46 | 16:37 | 08:33 | 15:50 | 16:58 | 8h 52min |
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 06:16 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:31.
After sunset, Bucharest still offers the blue hour: from 21:24 to 21:39 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 Bucharest today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Bucharest from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:18, in mid-December at 15:50.
How long does golden hour last in Bucharest?
Between 38 minutes (March) 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.