Golden hour in Split
Golden hour in Split starts at 19:54 on 15 June and runs 44 minutes; on 15 December it is 47 minutes from 15:33. The calculator above is preset to Split — 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 Split
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Golden and blue hour in Split: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Split (43.5081, 16.4402) in the Europe/Zagreb timezone, DST included. Between December (47 minutes) and March (38 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 | 07:25 | 16:43 | 08:10 | 15:58 | 17:03 | 9h 18min |
| February | 06:54 | 17:25 | 07:34 | 16:44 | 17:43 | 10h 30min |
| March | 06:08 | 18:00 | 06:46 | 17:22 | 18:18 | 11h 52min |
| April | 06:13 | 19:37 | 06:51 | 18:59 | 19:55 | 13h 24min |
| May | 05:31 | 20:12 | 06:12 | 19:31 | 20:32 | 14h 41min |
| June | 05:13 | 20:38 | 05:57 | 19:54 | 20:59 | 15h 24min |
| July | 05:27 | 20:34 | 06:10 | 19:52 | 20:55 | 15h 07min |
| August | 06:00 | 20:00 | 06:39 | 19:20 | 20:19 | 14h 00min |
| September | 06:34 | 19:07 | 07:12 | 18:29 | 19:25 | 12h 33min |
| October | 07:08 | 18:13 | 07:47 | 17:34 | 18:31 | 11h 05min |
| November | 06:48 | 16:31 | 07:31 | 15:48 | 16:50 | 9h 43min |
| December | 07:21 | 16:19 | 08:08 | 15:33 | 16:40 | 8h 58min |
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 05:57 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:13.
After sunset, Split still offers the blue hour: from 20:59 to 21:13 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 Split today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Split from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 19:54, in mid-December at 15:33.
How long does golden hour last in Split?
Between 38 minutes (March) and 47 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.