Golden hour in Milan
Golden hour in Milan starts at 20:28 on 15 June and runs 46 minutes; on 15 December it is 49 minutes from 15:52. The calculator above is preset to Milan — 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 Milan
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Golden and blue hour in Milan: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Milan (45.4642, 9.19) in the Europe/Rome timezone, DST included. Between December (49 minutes) and March (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 | 08:00 | 17:06 | 08:47 | 16:19 | 17:27 | 9h 06min |
| February | 07:26 | 17:50 | 08:08 | 17:08 | 18:09 | 10h 24min |
| March | 06:37 | 18:29 | 07:17 | 17:50 | 18:47 | 11h 52min |
| April | 06:39 | 20:09 | 07:19 | 19:29 | 20:28 | 13h 30min |
| May | 05:54 | 20:47 | 06:37 | 20:04 | 21:08 | 14h 53min |
| June | 05:35 | 21:14 | 06:21 | 20:28 | 21:37 | 15h 39min |
| July | 05:49 | 21:10 | 06:34 | 20:26 | 21:32 | 15h 21min |
| August | 06:24 | 20:33 | 07:05 | 19:52 | 20:53 | 14h 09min |
| September | 07:02 | 19:37 | 07:41 | 18:58 | 19:55 | 12h 35min |
| October | 07:40 | 18:40 | 08:20 | 18:00 | 18:58 | 11h 00min |
| November | 07:23 | 16:55 | 08:08 | 16:10 | 17:15 | 9h 32min |
| December | 07:57 | 16:41 | 08:46 | 15:52 | 17:02 | 8h 44min |
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 06:21 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:35.
After sunset, Milan still offers the blue hour: from 21:37 to 21:52 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 Milan today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Milan from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:28, in mid-December at 15:52.
How long does golden hour last in Milan?
Between 39 minutes (March) and 49 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.