Golden hour in Heraklion
Golden hour in Heraklion starts at 19:59 on 15 June and runs 38 minutes; on 15 December it is 39 minutes from 16:30. The calculator above is preset to Heraklion — 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 Heraklion
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Golden and blue hour in Heraklion: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Heraklion (35.3387, 25.1442) and the Europe/Athens timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 34 minutes in March and 39 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 | 07:28 | 17:30 | 08:07 | 16:52 | 17:47 | 10h 02min |
| February | 07:07 | 18:02 | 07:42 | 17:27 | 18:18 | 10h 55min |
| March | 06:32 | 18:27 | 07:05 | 17:53 | 18:43 | 11h 56min |
| April | 06:48 | 19:52 | 07:22 | 19:18 | 20:08 | 13h 04min |
| May | 06:16 | 20:17 | 06:52 | 19:41 | 20:34 | 14h 01min |
| June | 06:05 | 20:36 | 06:43 | 19:59 | 20:55 | 14h 32min |
| July | 06:16 | 20:36 | 06:53 | 19:59 | 20:53 | 14h 19min |
| August | 06:40 | 20:10 | 07:14 | 19:35 | 20:27 | 13h 31min |
| September | 07:03 | 19:29 | 07:36 | 18:55 | 19:44 | 12h 26min |
| October | 07:26 | 18:46 | 08:00 | 18:12 | 19:02 | 11h 20min |
| November | 06:55 | 17:15 | 07:32 | 16:38 | 17:31 | 10h 20min |
| December | 07:22 | 17:09 | 08:01 | 16:30 | 17:26 | 9h 47min |
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 06:43 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:05.
After sunset, Heraklion still offers the blue hour: from 20:55 to 21:06 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 Heraklion today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Heraklion from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 19:59, in mid-December at 16:30.
How long does golden hour last in Heraklion?
Between 34 minutes (March) and 39 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.