Golden hour in Skopje
Golden hour in Skopje starts at 19:30 on 15 June and runs 42 minutes; on 15 December it is 45 minutes from 15:19. The calculator above is preset to Skopje — 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 Skopje
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Golden and blue hour in Skopje: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Skopje (41.9973, 21.428) in the Europe/Skopje 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 | 07:01 | 16:28 | 07:44 | 15:44 | 16:47 | 9h 27min |
| February | 06:32 | 17:07 | 07:11 | 16:28 | 17:25 | 10h 35min |
| March | 05:48 | 17:41 | 06:25 | 17:04 | 17:58 | 11h 53min |
| April | 05:55 | 19:15 | 06:32 | 18:38 | 19:33 | 13h 20min |
| May | 05:15 | 19:48 | 05:55 | 19:08 | 20:07 | 14h 33min |
| June | 04:59 | 20:12 | 05:41 | 19:30 | 20:33 | 15h 13min |
| July | 05:12 | 20:09 | 05:54 | 19:28 | 20:29 | 14h 57min |
| August | 05:43 | 19:37 | 06:21 | 18:58 | 19:55 | 13h 54min |
| September | 06:15 | 18:46 | 06:52 | 18:09 | 19:03 | 12h 31min |
| October | 06:47 | 17:55 | 07:25 | 17:17 | 18:12 | 11h 08min |
| November | 06:25 | 16:15 | 07:06 | 15:33 | 16:33 | 9h 50min |
| December | 06:56 | 16:04 | 07:41 | 15:19 | 16:24 | 9h 08min |
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 05:41 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 04:59.
After sunset, Skopje still offers the blue hour: from 20:33 to 20:47 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 Skopje today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Skopje from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 19:30, in mid-December at 15:19.
How long does golden hour last in Skopje?
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.