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Rule Golden Hour

Golden Hour Forecast for Horta, Azores

Horta, Azores, Portugal

Horta's painted marina walls and yacht masts create a colourful, graphic foreground. Across the channel, Pico's volcanic cone can align with the harbour mouth in clear conditions.

Currently

Real-time conditions
Low Cloud Cover0%
Mid Cloud Cover0%
High Cloud Cover83%
Sun Elevation18.4° (Daylight)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Atlantic/Azores
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Next opportunity
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunset
Horta
Today · 20:04–20:56 · 1h window
High confidence
81%
🌇Golden Hour Potential97.8%
Low Cloud Cover: 0%
Mid Cloud Cover: 0%
High Cloud Cover: 42%
Sun Elevation: 6.8° (Daylight)
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Horta
Tomorrow · 06:58–07:50
🌇Golden Hour Potential:80.5-92.6%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunset
Horta
Tomorrow · 20:02–20:55
🌇Golden Hour Potential:95%
High
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Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunset
Horta
Thu, Aug 27 · 19:57–20:49
🌇Golden Hour Potential:90.1-100%
Medium

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Golden Hour conditions across Azores. The requirements and hourly values below show how those signals apply at Horta.

Explore Golden Hour conditions across Azores →

Recorded match history

Completed PhotoWeather forecast matches recorded for this exact rule at Horta during the last 365 days.

Last 30 days
21
recorded matching windows · 70% average confidence
Last 90 days
59
recorded matching windows · 71% average confidence
Last 365 days
79
recorded matching windows · 71% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

07:00 local time, shared by 29 of 79 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

July, with 21 of 79 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

These figures use completed PhotoWeather MatchEvent records from the previous 365 days only. They describe recorded forecast matches, not observations, climatological probability, or a guarantee of future conditions.

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95-hour requirements breakdown

When available, the detailed table below covers only the stated 95-hour horizon (typically 72–168 hours, depending on available hourly data). Opportunity records above span the next 14 days, so this table does not explain that entire 14-day period.

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
Atlantic/Azores
Golden Hour
Any
Golden Hour Potential
≥ 80.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 5.0%
Visibility
≥ 1000.0m
Fri, Aug 21
19:0024%72%18394m
20:0057%47%10262m
21:0036%22%24135m
22:0025%33%24135m
23:0023%45%24134m
Sat, Aug 22
24:0019%56%23775m
01:0014%15%24135m
02:0017%7.4%24135m
03:0015%0%24135m
04:0016%0%24134m
05:0020%0%24134m
06:0078%0%24134m
07:0081%0%24134m
08:0036%0%24135m
09:0023%0%24135m
10:0029%0%24134m
11:0026%0%24134m
12:0028%0%24134m
13:0029%0%24135m
14:0030%0%24134m
15:0029%0.001%24134m
16:0028%0%24135m
17:0029%0%24134m
18:0028%0%24134m
19:0029%0%24134m
20:0098%0%24135m
21:0046%0%24135m
22:0029%0%24134m
23:0029%0%24134m
Sun, Aug 23
24:0029%0%24134m
01:0029%0%24134m
02:0029%0%24134m
03:0028%0%24134m
04:0029%0%24134m
05:0029%0%24135m
06:0081%0%24135m
07:0093%0%24135m
08:0048%0%24134m
09:0029%0%24134m
10:0029%0%24134m
11:0030%0%24135m
12:0029%0%24135m
13:0027%0%24135m
14:0027%0%24134m
15:0029%0%24135m
16:0029%0%24135m
17:0027%0%24134m
18:0027%0%24135m
19:0027%0%24134m
20:0095%0%24134m
21:0047%0%24134m
22:0027%13%24134m
23:0029%26%24134m
Mon, Aug 24
24:0028%39%24134m
01:0028%50%24134m
02:0028%62%24134m
03:0017%73%24135m
04:0021%80%24134m
05:0017%88%24134m
06:0051%96%24134m
07:0055%89%24134m
08:0021%82%6893m
09:0013%75%8649m
10:0016%77%9891m
11:0014%80%24134m
12:0019%83%24134m
13:0023%64%24134m
14:0026%45%22112m
15:0028%26%10064m
16:0024%40%9153m
17:0027%54%21764m
18:0026%69%22414m
19:0025%58%24134m
20:0062%48%24134m
21:0037%38%23194m
22:0014%38%23354m
23:0014%38%21219m
Tue, Aug 25
24:0017%39%24134m
01:000%39%24134m
02:000%39%24134m
03:000%39%24135m
04:000%53%24135m
05:000%68%24135m
06:000%82%24135m
07:0067%68%24135m
08:0024%53%24135m
09:000%39%24135m
10:000%53%24112m
11:000%68%24090m
12:000%82%24067m
13:000%68%24090m
14:000%53%24112m
15:000%39%24135m
16:000%53%24135m
17:000%68%24135m
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
Atlantic/Azores
Golden Hour
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
Relative Humidity
%
Solar Elevation
°
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Wind Speed
m/s
Sat, Aug 22 Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 20:38
19:00
- 83% 0% 0% 66% 18° 83% 8.4m/s
20:00
- 42% 0% 0% 64% 6.8° 42% 8m/s
21:00
- 5% 1% 0% 63% -4.7° 6% 8.1m/s
22:00
- 6% 0% 0% 62% -15° 6% 7.7m/s
23:00
- 5% 0% 0% 61% -25° 5% 7.4m/s
Sun, Aug 23 Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 20:37
24:00
- 82% 0% 0% 61% -33° 82% 7.2m/s
01:00
- 99% 1% 0% 60% -38° 99% 6.5m/s
02:00
- 5% 1% 0% 60% -40° 6% 6.2m/s
03:00
- 5% 1% 0% 60% -38° 6% 5.8m/s
04:00
- 31% 1% 0% 60% -32° 31% 5.4m/s
05:00
- 80% 0% 0% 60% -24° 80% 5.3m/s
06:00
- 63% 0% 5% 60% -15° 63% 5.6m/s
07:00
- 5% 1% 5% 60% -3.7° 5% 5.6m/s
08:00
- 48% 1% 0% 60% 7.7° 48% 5.9m/s
09:00
- 7% 1% 0% 60% 19° 7% 5.7m/s
10:00
- 5% 0% 0% 60% 31° 5% 5.1m/s
11:00
- 5% 0% 0% 60% 42° 5% 4.8m/s
12:00
- 5% 0% 0% 60% 52° 5% 4.5m/s
13:00
- 5% 0% 0% 60% 60° 5% 4.1m/s
14:00
- 5% 0% 0% 60% 63° 5% 3.8m/s
15:00
- 5% 0% 0% 59% 59° 5% 3.1m/s
16:00
- 5% 0% 0% 59% 51° 5% 3m/s
17:00
- 5% 0% 0% 59% 41° 5% 3.1m/s
18:00
- 5% 0% 0% 60% 30° 5% 3.2m/s
19:00
- 5% 0% 0% 62% 18° 5% 3.4m/s
20:00
- 0% 0% 0% 62% 6.5° 0% 3.7m/s
21:00
- 4% 0% 0% 61% -4.9° 4% 3.4m/s
22:00
- 5% 0% 0% 60% -16° 5% 3.1m/s
23:00
- 5% 0% 4% 61% -25° 5% 2.9m/s
Mon, Aug 24 Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 20:36
24:00
- 5% 0% 0% 63% -33° 5% 2.9m/s
01:00
- 5% 0% 0% 65% -39° 5% 2.8m/s
02:00
- 5% 0% 0% 67% -40° 5% 3.3m/s
03:00
- 24% 3% 4% 71% -38° 26% 4m/s
04:00
- 47% 69% 0% 74% -33° 70% 5.3m/s
05:00
- 48% 98% 0% 77% -25° 98% 6.1m/s
06:00
- 26% 100% 0% 82% -15° 100% 6.9m/s
07:00
- 8% 100% 0% 84% -3.9° 100% 7.7m/s
08:00
- 5% 84% 26% 84% 7.6° 84% 8.3m/s
09:00
- 5% 29% 82% 85% 19° 84% 6.6m/s
10:00
- 5% 32% 4% 84% 31° 32% 6m/s
11:00
- 5% 30% 5% 82% 42° 30% 4.6m/s
12:00
- 36% 10% 5% 80% 52° 36% 5m/s
13:00
- 82% 0% 4% 77% 60° 82% 5.6m/s
14:00
- 7% 0% 5% 78% 62° 7% 5.4m/s
15:00
- 6% 1% 5% 80% 59° 6% 4.4m/s
16:00
- 4% 6% 34% 83% 51° 34% 4.9m/s
17:00
- 14% 0% 0% 82% 41° 14% 4.4m/s
18:00
- 4% 0% 0% 82% 30° 4% 4.4m/s
19:00
- 5% 0% 0% 82% 18° 5% 4.7m/s
20:00
- 100% 14% 0% 82% 6.3° 100% 4.8m/s
21:00
- 49% 30% 0% 83% -5.2° 55% 6m/s
22:00
- 0% 42% 0% 85% -16° 42% 7.4m/s
23:00
- 0% 72% 0% 83% -26° 72% 9.1m/s
Tue, Aug 25 Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 20:34
24:00
- 1% 100% 0% 79% -34° 100% 10m/s
01:00
- 24% 81% 0% 77% -39° 91% 8.8m/s
02:00
- 46% 63% 0% 75% -41° 82% 7.4m/s
03:00
- 69% 44% 0% 72% -39° 72% 6.1m/s
04:00
- 72% 52% 0% 70% -33° 75% 6.1m/s
05:00
- 75% 61% 0% 68% -25° 77% 6.2m/s
06:00
- 78% 69% 0% 66% -15° 79% 6.2m/s
07:00
- 67% 53% 0% 65% -4.1° 68% 5.7m/s
08:00
- 56% 37% 0% 65% 7.4° 57% 5.2m/s
09:00
- 45% 21% 0% 64% 19° 46% 4.8m/s
10:00
- 58% 28% 0% 65% 31° 59% 4.9m/s
11:00
- 70% 35% 0% 66% 42° 72% 5m/s
12:00
- 83% 42% 0% 67% 52° 84% 5.1m/s
13:00
- 83% 41% 0% 67% 59° 84% 5.4m/s
14:00
- 82% 39% 0% 66% 62° 83% 5.7m/s
15:00
- 82% 38% 0% 66% 59° 82% 6m/s
16:00
- 79% 32% 0% 67% 51° 79% 5.4m/s
17:00
- 76% 26% 0% 69% 41° 76% 4.9m/s
18:00
- 73% 21% 0% 70% 29° 73% 4.3m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

How this forecast is made

Opportunities are threshold-based signals: PhotoWeather checks whether forecast conditions match the rules for a photography scenario. They are planning guidance, not guarantees. Forecasts can change as new model runs arrive, and confidence generally decreases farther into the forecast horizon, so recheck conditions before travelling.

The weather forecast foundation comes through Open-Meteo , which aggregates models from weather agencies. PhotoWeather applies condition-specific thresholds and derived calculations; not every condition uses every model or data input.

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