Golden hour in Zagreb
Golden hour in Zagreb starts at 20:02 on 15 June and runs 46 minutes; on 15 December it is 50 minutes from 15:23. The calculator above is preset to Zagreb — 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 Zagreb
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Golden and blue hour in Zagreb: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Zagreb (45.815, 15.9819) and the Europe/Zagreb timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 39 minutes in March and 50 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 | 07:34 | 16:38 | 08:22 | 15:50 | 16:58 | 9h 03min |
| February | 07:00 | 17:22 | 07:42 | 16:40 | 17:41 | 10h 22min |
| March | 06:10 | 18:02 | 06:50 | 17:22 | 18:20 | 11h 51min |
| April | 06:11 | 19:42 | 06:51 | 19:02 | 20:01 | 13h 31min |
| May | 05:26 | 20:21 | 06:09 | 19:38 | 20:42 | 14h 55min |
| June | 05:06 | 20:48 | 05:52 | 20:02 | 21:11 | 15h 42min |
| July | 05:21 | 20:44 | 06:06 | 19:59 | 21:06 | 15h 23min |
| August | 05:56 | 20:07 | 06:38 | 19:25 | 20:26 | 14h 10min |
| September | 06:35 | 19:10 | 07:14 | 18:31 | 19:28 | 12h 35min |
| October | 07:13 | 18:12 | 07:53 | 17:32 | 18:31 | 11h 00min |
| November | 06:56 | 16:27 | 07:42 | 15:41 | 16:47 | 9h 30min |
| December | 07:31 | 16:13 | 08:21 | 15:23 | 16:34 | 8h 42min |
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 05:52 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:06.
After sunset, Zagreb still offers the blue hour: from 21:11 to 21:27 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 Zagreb today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Zagreb from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:02, in mid-December at 15:23.
How long does golden hour last in Zagreb?
Between 39 minutes (March) and 50 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.