Skip to content
Rule Dark Skies

Grindelwald - Dark Skies - Alps

Grindelwald, Bern, Switzerland

Moonless nights with crystal-clear skies for deep-sky photography

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/Zurich
pristinedarkskies weather icon
Next opportunity
Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Grindelwald
Mon, Jun 15 · 02:00–02:43 · 1h window
High confidence
72%
🌛Moon Altitude-14.9°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage0%
pristinedarkskies weather icon
Good Dark Skies
Grindelwald
Wed, Jun 17 · 24:14–01:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-5.1°
Medium
pristinedarkskies weather icon
Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Grindelwald
Thu, Jun 18 · 24:15–02:42
🌛Moon Altitude:-15.4--0.8°
Medium

Create your own Dark Skies alerts

Get notified when these conditions match at your own locations.

Get this template

72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
1matching hours in the next 95 hoursJump to next match
OR logic: one branch per group is enough
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/Zurich
Astronomical Night
Any
Total Cloud Coverage
≤ 20.0%
Visibility
≥ 12000.0m
Precipitation Chance
≤ 10.0%
Moon Illumination
OR1·B1
≤ 35.0%
Moon Altitude
OR1·B2
≤ 10.0°
Fri, Jun 12
21:0067%16951m0%10%-16°
22:0044%13806m0%10%-20°
23:0045%13809m0%10%-21°
Sat, Jun 13
24:0069%13885m0%10%-20°
01:0066%24135m0%10%-16°
02:0042%24134m0%4.5%-11°
03:005%24134m0%4.5%-4°
04:0012%24134m0%4.5%4.3°
05:0011%24135m0%4.5%13°
06:005.6%24135m0%4.5%23°
07:005%24135m0%4.5%33°
08:005%24134m0%4.5%43°
09:0011%14123m0%4.5%52°
10:0021%13793m0%4.5%61°
11:0020%13792m0%4.5%67°
12:0022%13792m0%4.5%68°
13:0023%13792m0%4.5%63°
14:0023%13792m0%4.5%55°
15:0023%13792m0%4.5%46°
16:0029%13792m0%4.5%36°
17:0047%13792m0%4.5%27°
18:0089%13793m0%4.5%17°
19:00100%13793m0%4.5%8.4°
20:0098%13794m0%4.5%0.27°
21:0099%13800m0%4.5%-6.7°
22:0092%13815m0%4.5%-12°
23:0043%13841m0%4.5%-16°
Sun, Jun 14
24:0085%13944m0%4.5%-17°
01:0099%24134m0%4.5%-16°
02:0062%24134m0%0.7%-13°
03:0082%24134m0%0.7%-8.2°
04:0089%24134m0%0.7%-1.6°
05:0095%24134m0%0.7%6.3°
06:0062%24135m0%0.7%15°
07:0052%24135m0%0.7%24°
08:0049%24134m0%0.7%34°
09:0041%24135m0%0.7%44°
10:0042%13992m0%0.7%54°
11:0034%13808m0%0.7%63°
12:0038%13792m13%0.7%69°
13:0048%13792m26%0.7%70°
14:0077%13792m39%0.7%66°
15:0045%13792m26%0.7%58°
16:0041%13792m13%0.7%49°
17:0092%13794m0%0.7%39°
18:0054%13794m0%0.7%29°
19:0032%13795m0%0.7%20°
20:0023%13795m0%0.7%11°
21:0025%13799m0%0.7%2.8°
22:0025%13805m0%0.7%-4.2°
23:0024%13805m0%0.7%-9.8°
Mon, Jun 15
24:0023%13812m0%0.7%-14°
01:0022%13870m0%0.7%-15°
02:000%24135m0%0.1%-15°
03:000%24134m0%0.1%-12°
04:000%24134m0%0.1%-7.6°
05:000%24134m0%0.1%-1.3°
06:000%24134m0%0.1%6.2°
07:002%24135m0%0.1%15°
08:003.9%24134m0%0.1%24°
09:0021%13836m7.4%0.1%34°
10:0021%13793m15%0.1%43°
11:0023%13793m22%0.1%53°
12:0023%13806m31%0.1%62°
13:0037%13805m40%0.1%69°
14:0044%13805m49%0.1%71°
15:0042%8700m34%0.1%67°
16:0033%6467m20%0.1%60°
17:0026%8052m4.9%0.1%50°
18:0036%8078m3.3%0.1%40°
19:0039%13816m1.6%0.1%31°
20:0029%13829m0%0.1%21°
21:0023%13829m0%0.1%12°
22:0023%13831m0%0.1%3.7°
23:0023%13816m0%0.1%-3.6°
Tue, Jun 16
24:0023%13827m0%0.1%-9.5°
01:0045%15148m0%0.1%-14°
02:0031%24134m0%2.6%-16°
03:0054%20687m0%2.6%-16°
04:0077%17240m0%2.6%-13°
05:00100%13793m0%2.6%-9°
06:0082%13793m17%2.6%-3°
07:0065%13793m33%2.6%4.4°
08:0048%13793m50%2.6%13°
09:0046%13793m43%2.6%22°
10:0043%13793m37%2.6%32°
11:0041%13793m30%2.6%41°
12:0054%13794m29%2.6%51°
13:0066%13794m29%2.6%60°
14:0079%13794m28%2.6%67°
15:0058%17241m26%2.6%70°
16:0036%20688m24%2.6%66°
17:0015%24135m22%2.6%59°
18:0042%24135m22%2.6%50°
19:0070%24135m22%2.6%40°
How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity). For OR groups, only one branch is required, so some OR-branch predicates can be ✕ even in a matching hour.

Get Notified of Opportunities

Create your own custom alerts for this location and more.

Create Free Account