Golden hour in Palermo
Golden hour in Palermo starts at 19:52 on 15 June and runs 39 minutes; on 15 December it is 41 minutes from 16:07. The calculator above is preset to Palermo — 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 Palermo
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Golden and blue hour in Palermo: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Palermo (38.1157, 13.3615) in the Europe/Rome timezone, DST included. Between December (41 minutes) and March (35 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 | 07:22 | 17:11 | 08:02 | 16:30 | 17:28 | 9h 48min |
| February | 06:58 | 17:45 | 07:35 | 17:09 | 18:02 | 10h 47min |
| March | 06:19 | 18:14 | 06:54 | 17:39 | 18:30 | 11h 55min |
| April | 06:32 | 19:42 | 07:07 | 19:07 | 19:59 | 13h 10min |
| May | 05:57 | 20:10 | 06:35 | 19:33 | 20:28 | 14h 13min |
| June | 05:44 | 20:32 | 06:23 | 19:52 | 20:51 | 14h 48min |
| July | 05:56 | 20:30 | 06:35 | 19:52 | 20:49 | 14h 34min |
| August | 06:22 | 20:02 | 06:58 | 19:26 | 20:19 | 13h 40min |
| September | 06:49 | 19:17 | 07:24 | 18:42 | 19:33 | 12h 28min |
| October | 07:15 | 18:31 | 07:51 | 17:55 | 18:47 | 11h 15min |
| November | 06:48 | 16:56 | 07:27 | 16:17 | 17:13 | 10h 08min |
| December | 07:16 | 16:48 | 07:58 | 16:07 | 17:07 | 9h 32min |
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 06:23 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:44.
After sunset, Palermo still offers the blue hour: from 20:51 to 21:03 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 Palermo today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Palermo from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 19:52, in mid-December at 16:07.
How long does golden hour last in Palermo?
Between 35 minutes (March) and 41 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.