Golden hour in Dubrovnik
Golden hour in Dubrovnik starts at 19:45 on 15 June and runs 43 minutes; on 15 December it is 46 minutes from 15:30. The calculator above is preset to Dubrovnik — 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 Dubrovnik
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Golden and blue hour in Dubrovnik: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Dubrovnik (42.6507, 18.0944) in the Europe/Zagreb timezone, DST included. Between December (46 minutes) and March (37 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.2.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 07:16 | 16:39 | 08:00 | 15:55 | 16:58 | 9h 23min |
| February | 06:46 | 17:19 | 07:26 | 16:40 | 17:37 | 10h 33min |
| March | 06:01 | 17:54 | 06:38 | 17:17 | 18:11 | 11h 53min |
| April | 06:07 | 19:29 | 06:45 | 18:51 | 19:47 | 13h 22min |
| May | 05:27 | 20:03 | 06:07 | 19:23 | 20:23 | 14h 36min |
| June | 05:10 | 20:28 | 05:53 | 19:45 | 20:49 | 15h 18min |
| July | 05:24 | 20:25 | 06:05 | 19:43 | 20:45 | 15h 01min |
| August | 05:55 | 19:51 | 06:34 | 19:13 | 20:10 | 13h 57min |
| September | 06:28 | 19:00 | 07:05 | 18:23 | 19:17 | 12h 32min |
| October | 07:01 | 18:07 | 07:39 | 17:29 | 18:25 | 11h 06min |
| November | 06:40 | 16:27 | 07:22 | 15:44 | 16:45 | 9h 47min |
| December | 07:11 | 16:16 | 07:57 | 15:30 | 16:35 | 9h 04min |
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 05:53 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:10.
After sunset, Dubrovnik still offers the blue hour: from 20:49 to 21:03 in June (14 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 Dubrovnik today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Dubrovnik from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 19:45, in mid-December at 15:30.
How long does golden hour last in Dubrovnik?
Between 37 minutes (March) and 46 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.