Golden hour in Valletta
Golden hour in Valletta starts at 19:43 on 15 June and runs 38 minutes; on 15 December it is 40 minutes from 16:10. The calculator above is preset to Valletta — 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 Valletta
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Golden and blue hour in Valletta: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Valletta (35.8989, 14.5146) and the Europe/Malta timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 34 minutes in March and 40 in December — schedule "an hour" and you are wrong in both.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 07:12 | 17:11 | 07:51 | 16:33 | 17:29 | 9h 59min |
| February | 06:50 | 17:44 | 07:26 | 17:08 | 18:00 | 10h 53min |
| March | 06:14 | 18:10 | 06:48 | 17:36 | 18:25 | 11h 55min |
| April | 06:30 | 19:35 | 07:04 | 19:01 | 19:51 | 13h 05min |
| May | 05:58 | 20:01 | 06:34 | 19:25 | 20:18 | 14h 03min |
| June | 05:46 | 20:21 | 06:24 | 19:43 | 20:39 | 14h 35min |
| July | 05:57 | 20:20 | 06:35 | 19:42 | 20:37 | 14h 22min |
| August | 06:21 | 19:54 | 06:56 | 19:19 | 20:10 | 13h 33min |
| September | 06:45 | 19:11 | 07:19 | 18:38 | 19:27 | 12h 26min |
| October | 07:09 | 18:28 | 07:43 | 17:53 | 18:44 | 11h 19min |
| November | 06:39 | 16:56 | 07:16 | 16:19 | 17:13 | 10h 17min |
| December | 07:06 | 16:50 | 07:45 | 16:10 | 17:08 | 9h 44min |
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 06:24 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:46.
After sunset, Valletta still offers the blue hour: from 20:39 to 20:51 in June (12 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 Valletta today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Valletta from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 19:43, in mid-December at 16:10.
How long does golden hour last in Valletta?
Between 34 minutes (March) and 40 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.