Golden hour in Rome
Golden hour in Rome starts at 20:05 on 15 June and runs 42 minutes; on 15 December it is 45 minutes from 15:56. The calculator above is preset to Rome — 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 Rome
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Golden and blue hour in Rome: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Rome (41.9028, 12.4964) in the Europe/Rome timezone, DST included. Between December (45 minutes) and March (37 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 | 07:36 | 17:04 | 08:19 | 16:20 | 17:23 | 9h 28min |
| February | 07:07 | 17:43 | 07:46 | 17:04 | 18:01 | 10h 36min |
| March | 06:23 | 18:16 | 07:00 | 17:40 | 18:33 | 11h 53min |
| April | 06:31 | 19:51 | 07:08 | 19:13 | 20:08 | 13h 20min |
| May | 05:51 | 20:23 | 06:31 | 19:43 | 20:43 | 14h 32min |
| June | 05:35 | 20:48 | 06:17 | 20:05 | 21:08 | 15h 13min |
| July | 05:48 | 20:45 | 06:30 | 20:03 | 21:05 | 14h 56min |
| August | 06:19 | 20:12 | 06:57 | 19:34 | 20:31 | 13h 54min |
| September | 06:51 | 19:22 | 07:27 | 18:45 | 19:39 | 12h 31min |
| October | 07:23 | 18:30 | 08:00 | 17:53 | 18:48 | 11h 08min |
| November | 07:00 | 16:51 | 07:42 | 16:09 | 17:09 | 9h 51min |
| December | 07:31 | 16:40 | 08:16 | 15:56 | 17:00 | 9h 09min |
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 05:35.
After sunset, Rome still offers the blue hour: from 21:08 to 21:22 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 Rome today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Rome from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:05, in mid-December at 15:56.
How long does golden hour last in Rome?
Between 37 minutes (March) and 45 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.