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Rule Dark Skies

Dark Skies Forecast for Derinkuyu, Cappadocia

Derinkuyu, Nevşehir Province, Türkiye

Inside Derinkuyu, use millstone doors, narrow shafts and receding chambers to show the underground city's scale without flattening its carved passages.

8 matching opportunities in the 14-day forecast.

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/Istanbul
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First upcoming window
Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Derinkuyu
Thu, Oct 8 · 04:00–05:00 · 1h window
High confidence
78%
🌛Moon Altitude-1.9°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage0%
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Excellent Dark Skies (pristine)
Derinkuyu
Thu, Oct 8 · 23:00–24:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-50.9°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Derinkuyu
Fri, Oct 9 · 01:00–05:16
🌛Moon Altitude:-43.4--3.2°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Derinkuyu
Fri, Oct 9 · 21:00–05:17
🌛Moon Altitude:-57.2--15.5°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Derinkuyu
Sat, Oct 10 · 19:38–05:17
🌛Moon Altitude:-62.8--13.8°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Derinkuyu
Mon, Oct 12 · 01:00–05:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-68.3--50.1°
Low
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Good Dark Skies
Derinkuyu
Sat, Oct 17 · 01:00–02:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-35.6°
Low
+1 more windows in the next 14 days

70-hour requirements breakdown

When available, this detailed table covers only the stated 70-hour horizon (typically 72–168 hours, depending on available hourly data). Opportunity records above span the full 14-day forecast period, so this table does not explain that entire period. Times shown in Europe/Istanbul.

Requirements breakdown is temporarily unavailable or expired. This does not mean no opportunities.

Supporting forecast inputs

Additional hourly values for interpreting the forecast and any derived scores. See the separate requirements breakdown for rule logic; missing values are unavailable.

Forecast time (Europe/Istanbul)Astronomical NightMoon AltitudeMoon Illumination
Thu, Oct 8, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable-23°5.3%
NightUnavailable-13°5.3%
NightUnavailable-1.9°5.3%
NightUnavailable9.3°5.3%
NightUnavailable20°5.3%
Unavailable31°5.3%
Unavailable41°5.3%
Unavailable49°5.3%
Unavailable55°5.3%
Unavailable55°5.3%
Unavailable51°5.3%
Unavailable43°5.3%
Unavailable34°5.3%
Unavailable23°5.3%
Unavailable11°5.3%
Unavailable-0.1°5.3%
Unavailable-12°5.3%
NightUnavailable-23°5.3%
NightUnavailable-33°5.3%
NightUnavailable-42°5.3%
NightUnavailable-48°5.3%
NightUnavailable-51°5.3%
Fri, Oct 9, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable-49°1.6%
NightUnavailable-43°1.6%
NightUnavailable-35°1.6%
NightUnavailable-25°1.6%
NightUnavailable-14°1.6%
NightUnavailable-3.2°1.6%
NightUnavailable8°1.6%
Unavailable19°1.6%
Unavailable29°1.6%
Unavailable38°1.6%
Unavailable45°1.6%
Unavailable49°1.6%
Unavailable48°1.6%
Unavailable44°1.6%
Unavailable36°1.6%
Unavailable26°1.6%
Unavailable16°1.6%
Unavailable4.5°1.6%
Unavailable-7.1°1.6%
NightUnavailable-19°1.6%
NightUnavailable-30°1.6%
NightUnavailable-40°1.6%
NightUnavailable-49°1.6%
NightUnavailable-55°1.6%
Sat, Oct 10, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable-57°0%
NightUnavailable-54°0%
NightUnavailable-47°0%
NightUnavailable-37°0%
NightUnavailable-27°0%
NightUnavailable-15°0%
NightUnavailable-4.2°0%
Unavailable6.8°0%
Unavailable17°0%
Unavailable27°0%
Unavailable35°0%
Unavailable41°0%
Unavailable43°0%
Unavailable41°0%
Unavailable36°0%
Unavailable29°0%
Unavailable19°0%
Unavailable8.8°0%
Unavailable-2.3°0%
NightUnavailable-14°0%
NightUnavailable-25°0%
NightUnavailable-37°0%
NightUnavailable-47°0%
NightUnavailable-56°0%
Sun, Oct 11, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable-62°0.8%
NightUnavailable-63°0.8%

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Dark Skies conditions across Cappadocia. The requirements and hourly values above show how those signals apply at Derinkuyu.

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Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days
14
recorded matching windows · 64% average confidence
Last 90 days
69
recorded matching windows · 63% average confidence
Last 365 days
122
recorded matching windows · 64% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

21:00 local time, shared by 35 of 122 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

July, with 28 of 122 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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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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