Golden hour in Thessaloniki
Golden hour in Thessaloniki starts at 20:20 on 15 June and runs 41 minutes; on 15 December it is 44 minutes from 16:19. The calculator above is preset to Thessaloniki — 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 Thessaloniki
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Golden and blue hour in Thessaloniki: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Thessaloniki (40.6401, 22.9444) in the Europe/Athens timezone, DST included. Between December (44 minutes) and March (36 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 | 07:51 | 17:25 | 08:33 | 16:43 | 17:44 | 9h 35min |
| February | 07:24 | 18:03 | 08:02 | 17:25 | 18:20 | 10h 40min |
| March | 06:41 | 18:35 | 07:18 | 17:59 | 18:52 | 11h 54min |
| April | 06:51 | 20:07 | 07:27 | 19:30 | 20:24 | 13h 16min |
| May | 06:13 | 20:38 | 06:52 | 19:59 | 20:57 | 14h 26min |
| June | 05:58 | 21:01 | 06:39 | 20:20 | 21:22 | 15h 04min |
| July | 06:10 | 20:59 | 06:51 | 20:19 | 21:19 | 14h 49min |
| August | 06:39 | 20:28 | 07:17 | 19:51 | 20:46 | 13h 49min |
| September | 07:09 | 19:40 | 07:45 | 19:04 | 19:56 | 12h 30min |
| October | 07:39 | 18:50 | 08:17 | 18:13 | 19:07 | 11h 10min |
| November | 07:15 | 17:12 | 07:56 | 16:32 | 17:30 | 9h 57min |
| December | 07:46 | 17:03 | 08:29 | 16:19 | 17:22 | 9h 17min |
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 06:39 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:58.
After sunset, Thessaloniki still offers the blue hour: from 21:22 to 21:35 in June (13 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 Thessaloniki today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Thessaloniki from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:20, in mid-December at 16:19.
How long does golden hour last in Thessaloniki?
Between 36 minutes (March) and 44 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.