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Venice for couples: sunset and golden hour by date
Pick your date: the sunset, the golden hour, the blue hour and your hour at Venice, in local time.
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Times are Venice local time (Europe/Rome), worked out from the sun’s position for this place (the NOAA method), good to about a minute on a flat horizon. Golden hour is the last hour before sunset; blue hour runs from sunset to the end of civil twilight.
the exact stay, spot and hour: the plan
$9- 4 stays
- 3 shots at the hour
- 2 days
- 3 tables
free, before you go
Venice at blue hour from a gondola, when the lamps come on one by one and the whole Grand Canal goes quiet enough to hear the oar.
In the reel: A gondola at night on the Grand Canal, lanterns on the water, the Rialto Bridge behind, a full moon over the domes.
This is the Grand Canal just south of the Rialto Bridge, looking north. Night gondolas run on an official city tariff and start from the Riva del Vin / Riva del Carbon stands right under the bridge.
When to go
October–November and late February–March (after Carnival). Quiet canals, soft evenings, no acqua alta most days.
The hour: Book the gondola for 30 minutes before sunset; you get blue hour on the water and the lamps come on mid-ride. Full moon dates make the reel frame literal — check a moon calendar.
Avoid: June–August (heat, cruise crowds, surcharges) and the two Carnival weeks unless that's the point.
Venice, month by month
The 15th of each month, local time.
| date | sunrise | golden hour | sunset | blue hour ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 07:26 | 17:25 | 18:25 | 18:55 |
| Nov 2026 | 07:09 | 15:40 | 16:40 | 17:12 |
| Dec 2026 | 07:43 | 15:27 | 16:27 | 17:02 |
| Jan 2027 | 07:46 | 15:53 | 16:53 | 17:26 |
| Feb 2027 | 07:12 | 16:37 | 17:37 | 18:07 |
| Mar 2027 | 06:23 | 17:16 | 18:16 | 18:45 |
| Apr 2027 | 06:26 | 18:56 | 19:56 | 20:27 |
| May 2027 | 05:40 | 19:34 | 20:34 | 21:08 |
| Jun 2027 | 05:21 | 20:00 | 21:00 | 21:38 |
| Jul 2027 | 05:36 | 19:56 | 20:56 | 21:32 |
| Aug 2027 | 06:10 | 19:18 | 20:18 | 20:50 |
| Sep 2027 | 06:48 | 18:22 | 19:22 | 19:52 |
the hour, every week
the weekly note: one place and its hour, one story, one tip. a tap in the first mail confirms it.