Golden hour in Venice
Golden hour in Venice starts at 20:16 on 15 June and runs 46 minutes; on 15 December it is 49 minutes from 15:40. The calculator above is preset to Venice — 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 Venice
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Golden and blue hour in Venice: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Venice (45.4408, 12.3155) in the Europe/Rome timezone, DST included. Between December (49 minutes) and March (39 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.3.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 07:48 | 16:54 | 08:35 | 16:06 | 17:14 | 9h 06min |
| February | 07:14 | 17:38 | 07:56 | 16:56 | 17:56 | 10h 24min |
| March | 06:25 | 18:16 | 07:04 | 17:37 | 18:34 | 11h 52min |
| April | 06:27 | 19:56 | 07:06 | 19:17 | 20:15 | 13h 30min |
| May | 05:42 | 20:34 | 06:24 | 19:51 | 20:55 | 14h 53min |
| June | 05:22 | 21:02 | 06:08 | 20:16 | 21:24 | 15h 39min |
| July | 05:37 | 20:57 | 06:21 | 20:13 | 21:19 | 15h 20min |
| August | 06:12 | 20:20 | 06:53 | 19:40 | 20:40 | 14h 08min |
| September | 06:50 | 19:24 | 07:29 | 18:45 | 19:43 | 12h 35min |
| October | 07:27 | 18:27 | 08:07 | 17:47 | 18:46 | 11h 00min |
| November | 07:10 | 16:42 | 07:55 | 15:57 | 17:02 | 9h 32min |
| December | 07:44 | 16:29 | 08:34 | 15:40 | 16:50 | 8h 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 06:08 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:22.
After sunset, Venice still offers the blue hour: from 21:24 to 21:39 in June (15 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 Venice today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Venice from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:16, in mid-December at 15:40.
How long does golden hour last in Venice?
Between 39 minutes (March) and 49 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.