Golden hour in Catania
Golden hour in Catania starts at 19:44 on 15 June and runs 39 minutes; on 15 December it is 41 minutes from 16:03. The calculator above is preset to Catania — 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 Catania
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Golden and blue hour in Catania: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Catania (37.5079, 15.083) and the Europe/Rome timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 34 minutes in September and 41 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 | 07:14 | 17:05 | 07:54 | 16:26 | 17:23 | 9h 51min |
| February | 06:50 | 17:39 | 07:27 | 17:03 | 17:56 | 10h 49min |
| March | 06:12 | 18:07 | 06:47 | 17:32 | 18:23 | 11h 55min |
| April | 06:26 | 19:35 | 07:01 | 19:00 | 19:51 | 13h 09min |
| May | 05:52 | 20:02 | 06:29 | 19:25 | 20:20 | 14h 11min |
| June | 05:39 | 20:23 | 06:18 | 19:44 | 20:42 | 14h 44min |
| July | 05:51 | 20:22 | 06:29 | 19:43 | 20:40 | 14h 31min |
| August | 06:16 | 19:54 | 06:52 | 19:18 | 20:11 | 13h 38min |
| September | 06:42 | 19:10 | 07:17 | 18:35 | 19:26 | 12h 28min |
| October | 07:08 | 18:24 | 07:43 | 17:49 | 18:40 | 11h 16min |
| November | 06:40 | 16:50 | 07:18 | 16:12 | 17:08 | 10h 11min |
| December | 07:08 | 16:43 | 07:49 | 16:03 | 17:01 | 9h 36min |
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 06:18 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:39.
After sunset, Catania still offers the blue hour: from 20:42 to 20:54 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 Catania today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Catania from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 19:44, in mid-December at 16:03.
How long does golden hour last in Catania?
Between 34 minutes (September) 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.