Golden hour in Florence
Golden hour in Florence starts at 20:15 on 15 June and runs 44 minutes; on 15 December it is 47 minutes from 15:52. The calculator above is preset to Florence — 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 Florence
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Golden and blue hour in Florence: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Florence (43.7696, 11.2558) in the Europe/Rome timezone, DST included. Between December (47 minutes) and March (38 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 | 07:47 | 17:03 | 08:32 | 16:18 | 17:23 | 9h 17min |
| February | 07:15 | 17:45 | 07:56 | 17:04 | 18:03 | 10h 30min |
| March | 06:29 | 18:21 | 07:07 | 17:43 | 18:39 | 11h 52min |
| April | 06:33 | 19:58 | 07:12 | 19:20 | 20:16 | 13h 25min |
| May | 05:51 | 20:34 | 06:32 | 19:52 | 20:54 | 14h 43min |
| June | 05:33 | 20:59 | 06:17 | 20:15 | 21:21 | 15h 26min |
| July | 05:47 | 20:56 | 06:30 | 20:13 | 21:17 | 15h 09min |
| August | 06:20 | 20:21 | 06:59 | 19:41 | 20:40 | 14h 01min |
| September | 06:55 | 19:28 | 07:33 | 18:50 | 19:45 | 12h 33min |
| October | 07:29 | 18:33 | 08:09 | 17:54 | 18:51 | 11h 04min |
| November | 07:10 | 16:51 | 07:53 | 16:08 | 17:10 | 9h 41min |
| December | 07:43 | 16:39 | 08:30 | 15:52 | 16:59 | 8h 56min |
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 06:17 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:33.
After sunset, Florence still offers the blue hour: from 21:21 to 21:35 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 Florence today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Florence from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:15, in mid-December at 15:52.
How long does golden hour last in Florence?
Between 38 minutes (March) and 47 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.