Golden hour in Cluj-Napoca
Golden hour in Cluj-Napoca starts at 20:35 on 15 June and runs 47 minutes; on 15 December it is 51 minutes from 15:47. The calculator above is preset to Cluj-Napoca — pick a date and sunrise, sunset, golden and blue hour for that exact shoot day are right there, exportable as a calendar entry.
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Golden and blue hour in Cluj-Napoca: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Cluj-Napoca (46.7712, 23.6236) and the Europe/Bucharest timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 40 minutes in March and 51 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 | 08:07 | 17:04 | 08:56 | 16:15 | 17:25 | 8h 57min |
| February | 07:31 | 17:50 | 08:14 | 17:07 | 18:09 | 10h 19min |
| March | 06:40 | 18:31 | 07:20 | 17:51 | 18:49 | 11h 51min |
| April | 06:39 | 20:13 | 07:20 | 19:32 | 20:32 | 13h 34min |
| May | 05:52 | 20:53 | 06:36 | 20:09 | 21:15 | 15h 01min |
| June | 05:32 | 21:22 | 06:19 | 20:35 | 21:46 | 15h 50min |
| July | 05:47 | 21:17 | 06:33 | 20:31 | 21:40 | 15h 30min |
| August | 06:24 | 20:38 | 07:06 | 19:56 | 20:58 | 14h 15min |
| September | 07:04 | 19:40 | 07:44 | 19:00 | 19:59 | 12h 36min |
| October | 07:43 | 18:41 | 08:25 | 17:59 | 18:59 | 10h 57min |
| November | 07:29 | 16:53 | 08:15 | 16:07 | 17:14 | 9h 25min |
| December | 08:04 | 16:38 | 08:56 | 15:47 | 17:00 | 8h 34min |
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 06:19 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:32.
After sunset, Cluj-Napoca still offers the blue hour: from 21:46 to 22:01 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 Cluj-Napoca today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Cluj-Napoca from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:35, in mid-December at 15:47.
How long does golden hour last in Cluj-Napoca?
Between 40 minutes (March) and 51 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.