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Rule Golden Hour

Zermatt - Golden Hour - Alps

Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland

That magical warm light just after sunrise or before sunset

Currently

Real-time conditions
Low Cloud Cover22%
Mid Cloud Cover94%
High Cloud Cover6%
Sun Elevation42.3° (Daylight)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/Zurich
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Next opportunity
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunset
Zermatt
Today · 20:31–21:39 · 1h window
Medium confidence
57%
🌇Golden Hour Potential89.1-97.6%
Low Cloud Cover: 5%
Mid Cloud Cover: 22%
High Cloud Cover: 5%
Sun Elevation: 10.9° (Daylight)
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Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunrise
Zermatt
Tomorrow · 05:15–06:23
🌇Golden Hour Potential:94.2-95.2%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunrise
Zermatt
Mon, Jun 8 · 05:15–06:00
🌇Golden Hour Potential:88.8%
Medium

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
5matching hours in the next 95 hoursJump to next match
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/Zurich
Golden Hour
Any
Golden Hour Potential
≥ 80.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 5.0%
Visibility
≥ 1000.0m
Fri, Jun 5
09:0023%93%9882m
10:0029%88%16667m
11:0030%82%19711m
12:0029%87%6051m
13:0026%93%21934m
14:0033%98%2740m
15:0029%77%15100m
16:0025%54%4509m
17:0026%32%5281m
18:0028%36%7729m
19:0025%40%6425m
20:0045%43%11737m
21:0032%64%183m
22:0031%34%159m
23:0018%3.7%197m
Sat, Jun 6
24:0029%2.5%436m
01:0030%1.2%2839m
02:0025%0%1668m
03:0025%13%2584m
04:0023%35%23375m
05:0047%33%8208m
06:0052%50%23134m
07:0027%66%24135m
08:0026%82%14799m
09:0027%79%24135m
10:0023%77%24134m
11:0018%74%22727m
12:0019%82%14129m
13:0019%90%3741m
14:0023%98%6090m
15:0024%65%21562m
16:0026%33%8011m
17:0034%0%15120m
18:0033%0%15841m
19:0039%0%23948m
20:0098%0%24134m
21:0089%0%24135m
22:0081%0%24135m
23:0031%0%24135m
Sun, Jun 7
24:0031%0%24135m
01:0031%0%24134m
02:0037%0%24135m
03:0037%0%24135m
04:0035%0%24135m
05:0094%0%24134m
06:0095%0%24135m
07:0038%0%24134m
08:0040%0%24135m
09:0040%27%24134m
10:0041%54%24135m
11:0041%82%24134m
12:0033%87%24134m
13:0030%91%23896m
14:0035%96%8005m
15:0031%64%1671m
16:0031%32%2317m
17:0027%0%3046m
18:0029%0%11173m
19:0034%0%22617m
20:0066%0%21877m
21:0068%0%21553m
22:0061%0%24108m
23:0034%0%24134m
Mon, Jun 8
24:0037%0%24135m
01:0035%0%24134m
02:0036%0%24134m
03:0034%0%24134m
04:0034%0%24134m
05:0089%0%9429m
06:0089%13%24134m
07:0036%26%24134m
08:0041%39%24134m
09:0038%53%24134m
10:0034%67%24135m
11:0028%82%24135m
12:0035%81%24134m
13:0034%81%23385m
14:0032%81%23686m
15:009.3%71%17769m
16:008.4%62%11853m
17:006.6%52%5936m
18:008.8%58%12002m
19:0015%63%18069m
20:00100%68%24135m
21:00100%63%24135m
22:0085%58%24135m
23:0012%52%24135m
Tue, Jun 9
24:0011%55%24135m
01:008.8%57%24135m
02:009%59%24135m
03:0010%67%23248m
04:0013%75%22362m
05:00100%83%21475m
06:0078%87%16273m
07:009.4%92%11071m
How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity).

What does Golden Hour Potential mean?

Inputs that drive the score

This derived score summarizes multiple raw weather signals. The table below shows the supporting inputs hour by hour, so you can see what's pushing the score up or down.

Time
Europe/Zurich
Golden Hour
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
Relative Humidity
%
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Wind Speed
m/s
Sat, Jun 6 Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 21:16
10:00
- 6% 22% 94% 74% 94% 1.4m/s
11:00
- 0% 42% 80% 74% 81% 1.7m/s
12:00
- 0% 80% 89% 72% 89% 1.6m/s
13:00
- 0% 90% 90% 71% 95% 2m/s
14:00
- 0% 91% 87% 73% 92% 2.3m/s
15:00
- 0% 72% 66% 74% 73% 2.9m/s
16:00
- 0% 45% 90% 71% 90% 2.9m/s
17:00
- 0% 26% 77% 65% 77% 2.9m/s
18:00
- 0% 6% 54% 60% 54% 2.9m/s
19:00
- 5% 3% 55% 60% 55% 2.8m/s
20:00
- 5% 5% 22% 72% 22% 2.6m/s
21:00
- 0% 3% 2% 79% 3% 2.7m/s
22:00
- 0% 2% 2% 83% 2% 2.5m/s
23:00
- 0% 1% 1% 85% 1% 2.5m/s
Sun, Jun 7 Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 21:16
24:00
- 0% 0% 0% 86% 0% 2.4m/s
01:00
- 2% 1% 0% 87% 2% 2.3m/s
02:00
- 5% 0% 0% 88% 5% 1.9m/s
03:00
- 5% 0% 0% 87% 5% 1.6m/s
04:00
- 4% 0% 0% 86% 4% 1.4m/s
05:00
- 5% 0% 0% 84% 5% 1.3m/s
06:00
- 5% 0% 0% 82% 5% 1.2m/s
07:00
- 5% 0% 0% 75% 5% 1m/s
08:00
- 5% 0% 0% 62% 5% 0.67m/s
09:00
- 5% 0% 0% 56% 5% 1.1m/s
10:00
- 5% 0% 0% 52% 5% 1.2m/s
11:00
- 15% 4% 3% 51% 15% 1.2m/s
12:00
- 86% 2% 8% 51% 86% 1.2m/s
13:00
- 100% 2% 52% 52% 100% 1.3m/s
14:00
- 100% 13% 85% 56% 100% 1.1m/s
15:00
- 100% 34% 87% 61% 100% 1.2m/s
16:00
- 100% 41% 59% 64% 100% 1.4m/s
17:00
- 100% 34% 30% 67% 100% 1.7m/s
18:00
- 100% 41% 28% 68% 100% 1.7m/s
19:00
- 100% 29% 25% 71% 100% 1.8m/s
20:00
- 100% 10% 38% 81% 100% 1.6m/s
21:00
- 100% 6% 6% 90% 100% 1.6m/s
22:00
- 100% 4% 23% 91% 100% 0.58m/s
23:00
- 82% 5% 8% 91% 82% 0.61m/s
Mon, Jun 8 Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 21:16
24:00
- 7% 2% 5% 90% 7% 1.3m/s
01:00
- 4% 2% 5% 90% 5% 2.1m/s
02:00
- 5% 0% 2% 91% 5% 2.3m/s
03:00
- 2% 4% 0% 93% 4% 2.2m/s
04:00
- 5% 10% 0% 94% 11% 1.8m/s
05:00
- 5% 13% 0% 95% 14% 1.3m/s
06:00
- 5% 2% 0% 93% 5% 2m/s
07:00
- 5% 0% 0% 89% 5% 2.3m/s
08:00
- 11% 0% 1% 77% 11% 1.6m/s
09:00
- 76% 1% 1% 66% 76% 1.2m/s
10:00
- 44% 4% 0% 60% 44% 1.4m/s
11:00
- 5% 7% 8% 57% 8% 1.5m/s
12:00
- 5% 15% 30% 54% 30% 1.6m/s
13:00
- 66% 11% 65% 52% 71% 1.9m/s
14:00
- 100% 13% 85% 52% 100% 2.3m/s
15:00
- 100% 42% 90% 65% 100% 2.3m/s
16:00
- 100% 71% 95% 78% 100% 2.2m/s
17:00
- 100% 100% 100% 90% 100% 2.1m/s
18:00
- 68% 68% 70% 90% 70% 2.1m/s
19:00
- 37% 36% 40% 91% 40% 2m/s
20:00
- 5% 4% 10% 91% 10% 2m/s
21:00
- 23% 4% 27% 89% 28% 2m/s
22:00
- 41% 4% 45% 86% 46% 2m/s
23:00
- 60% 4% 62% 84% 64% 2m/s
Tue, Jun 9 Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 21:17
24:00
- 73% 15% 70% 82% 76% 2.1m/s
01:00
- 87% 26% 79% 79% 88% 2.2m/s
02:00
- 100% 37% 87% 77% 100% 2.4m/s
03:00
- 81% 26% 60% 74% 81% 2.7m/s
04:00
- 63% 14% 32% 72% 63% 3m/s
05:00
- 44% 2% 5% 69% 44% 3.4m/s
06:00
- 63% 11% 16% 70% 63% 3.4m/s
07:00
- 81% 19% 27% 70% 81% 3.4m/s
08:00
- 100% 27% 37% 71% 100% 3.4m/s
09:00
- 100% 23% 36% 69% 100% 3.2m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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