Golden hour in Sofia
Golden hour in Sofia starts at 20:24 on 15 June and runs 43 minutes; on 15 December it is 46 minutes from 16:09. The calculator above is preset to Sofia — 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 Sofia
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Golden and blue hour in Sofia: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Sofia (42.6977, 23.3219) in the Europe/Sofia timezone, DST included. Between December (46 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 | 07:55 | 17:18 | 08:39 | 16:34 | 17:37 | 9h 23min |
| February | 07:25 | 17:58 | 08:05 | 17:19 | 18:16 | 10h 33min |
| March | 06:40 | 18:33 | 07:18 | 17:56 | 18:50 | 11h 53min |
| April | 06:46 | 20:08 | 07:24 | 19:30 | 20:26 | 13h 22min |
| May | 06:06 | 20:42 | 06:46 | 20:02 | 21:02 | 14h 37min |
| June | 05:49 | 21:07 | 06:32 | 20:24 | 21:28 | 15h 18min |
| July | 06:02 | 21:04 | 06:44 | 20:22 | 21:24 | 15h 02min |
| August | 06:34 | 20:31 | 07:13 | 19:52 | 20:49 | 13h 57min |
| September | 07:07 | 19:39 | 07:44 | 19:02 | 19:56 | 12h 32min |
| October | 07:40 | 18:46 | 08:18 | 18:08 | 19:04 | 11h 06min |
| November | 07:19 | 17:06 | 08:01 | 16:23 | 17:24 | 9h 47min |
| December | 07:51 | 16:54 | 08:36 | 16:09 | 17:14 | 9h 04min |
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 06:32 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:49.
After sunset, Sofia still offers the blue hour: from 21:28 to 21:42 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 Sofia today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Sofia from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:24, in mid-December at 16:09.
How long does golden hour last in Sofia?
Between 37 minutes (March) and 46 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.