Golden hour in Lugano
Golden hour in Lugano starts at 20:31 on 15 June and runs 46 minutes; on 15 December it is 50 minutes from 15:50. The calculator above is preset to Lugano — 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 Lugano
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Golden and blue hour in Lugano: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Lugano (46.0037, 8.9511) in the Europe/Zurich timezone, DST included. Between December (50 minutes) and September (39 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.3.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 08:03 | 17:05 | 08:51 | 16:17 | 17:26 | 9h 02min |
| February | 07:28 | 17:50 | 08:11 | 17:08 | 18:09 | 10h 22min |
| March | 06:38 | 18:30 | 07:18 | 17:50 | 18:48 | 11h 51min |
| April | 06:39 | 20:11 | 07:19 | 19:30 | 20:30 | 13h 32min |
| May | 05:53 | 20:50 | 06:37 | 20:06 | 21:11 | 14h 56min |
| June | 05:34 | 21:17 | 06:20 | 20:31 | 21:40 | 15h 44min |
| July | 05:48 | 21:13 | 06:33 | 20:28 | 21:35 | 15h 25min |
| August | 06:24 | 20:35 | 07:06 | 19:54 | 20:55 | 14h 11min |
| September | 07:03 | 19:38 | 07:42 | 18:59 | 19:56 | 12h 35min |
| October | 07:41 | 18:40 | 08:22 | 17:59 | 18:59 | 10h 59min |
| November | 07:25 | 16:54 | 08:11 | 16:09 | 17:14 | 9h 29min |
| December | 08:00 | 16:40 | 08:50 | 15:50 | 17:02 | 8h 40min |
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 06:20 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:34.
After sunset, Lugano still offers the blue hour: from 21:40 to 21:56 in June (15 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 Lugano today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Lugano from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:31, in mid-December at 15:50.
How long does golden hour last in Lugano?
Between 39 minutes (September) and 50 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.