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Painted Sky 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.

2 matching opportunities in the 14-day forecast.

Hourly forecast scores

Forecast valid from Oct 6, 2026, 6:00 PM UTC (one hour; not an observation)
Low Cloud Cover49%
Mid Cloud Cover22%
High Cloud Cover5%
Sun Elevation-32.4°

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/Istanbul
golden-clouds weather icon
First upcoming window
Excellent Painted Sky at Sunset
Derinkuyu
Wed, Oct 7 · 17:40–18:31 · 1h window
Medium confidence
54%
🌤️Painted Sky Potential83.7-87.6%
Low Cloud Cover: 42%
Mid Cloud Cover: 42%
High Cloud Cover: 0%
Sun Elevation: 13.6° (Daylight)
golden-clouds weather icon
Spectacular Painted Sky at Sunrise
Derinkuyu
Sun, Oct 18 · 06:35–07:00
🌤️Painted Sky Potential:86.8%
Low

72-hour requirements breakdown

When available, this detailed table covers only the stated 72-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.

Most common blockers

Ranked across the 95-hour forecast horizon, not the full opportunity period.

  • Painted Sky Potential97% of hours
  • Golden Hour83% of hours
  • Precipitation Chance6% of hours
2matching hours in the displayed 72-hour forecastJump to first displayed match
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/Istanbul
Golden Hour
Any
Painted Sky Potential
≥ 80.0%
Wind Speed
≤ 6.0m/s
Precipitation Chance
≤ 10.0%
Tue, Oct 6
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 39%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 37%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 35%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Wed, Oct 7
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 37%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 38%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 36%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 35%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 30%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 29%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 66%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 61%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 27%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.86m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.63m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 30%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.67m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 31%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.41m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 34%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 38%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.91m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 39%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 17:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 84%. Meets requirementWind Speed: 2.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 88%. Meets requirementWind Speed: 2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 51%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 31%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 18%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Thu, Oct 8
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 19%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 19%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 19%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 19%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 20%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.99m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 47%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 31%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.81m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 30%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.72m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 27%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.76m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 33%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 34%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 5%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 31%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 13%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 30%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 14%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 64%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 14%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 79%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.63m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 13%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 56%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 9%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 37%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 4%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 30%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Fri, Oct 9
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 27%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 18%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 19%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.4%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.4%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.92m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.98m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.89m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.92m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.61m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.98m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.51m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.61m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 4.7%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.98m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 5.2%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 4.9%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 62%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.85m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 6%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity).

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)Golden HourHigh CloudsLow CloudsMid-Level CloudsSolar ElevationTotal Cloud CoverageVisibility
Tue, Oct 6, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable5%49%22%-32°63%30920m
NightUnavailable0%0%27%-43°27%29660m
NightUnavailable0%0%38%-51°38%26340m
Wed, Oct 7, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%0%41%-56°41%19920m
NightUnavailable0%29%37%-56°52%17020m
NightUnavailable0%36%10%-51°45%17300m
NightUnavailable0%43%0%-43°43%17580m
NightUnavailable0%46%0%-32°46%16800m
NightUnavailable0%47%0%-21°47%15620m
NightUnavailable0%51%0%-9°51%12640m
Unavailable0%60%0%2.9°60%7960m
Unavailable0%62%0%14°62%15640m
Unavailable0%25%0%25°25%22620m
Unavailable0%11%0%34°11%31100m
Unavailable0%26%0%41°26%36900m
Unavailable0%27%0%46°27%39780m
Unavailable0%0%0%45°0%40960m
Unavailable0%4%48%41°52%41660m
Unavailable0%26%37%34°48%42180m
Unavailable0%33%35%24°44%42420m
Unavailable0%42%42%14°53%41560m
Unavailable0%19%34%2.4°39%42440m
NightUnavailable0%35%43%-9.6°50%41680m
NightUnavailable0%42%46%-21°52%40920m
NightUnavailable0%31%29%-33°43%39080m
NightUnavailable0%16%16%-43°29%36800m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-52°0%34100m
Thu, Oct 8, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-57°0%32740m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-57°0%36120m
NightUnavailable4%0%0%-51°4%35920m
NightUnavailable100%0%0%-43°100%34940m
NightUnavailable100%0%0%-32°100%34280m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-21°0%34440m
NightUnavailable75%0%0%-9.2°75%34740m
Unavailable2%0%0%2.7°2%30700m
Unavailable0%0%4%14°4%29320m
Unavailable41%0%30%25°64%36600m
Unavailable100%0%51%34°100%39500m
Unavailable0%0%64%41°64%40200m
Unavailable0%0%67%45°67%41500m
Unavailable0%0%38%45°38%42720m
Unavailable0%0%77%41°77%43900m
Unavailable100%0%32%33°100%43640m
Unavailable100%0%5%24°100%42920m
Unavailable100%0%32%13°100%42520m
Unavailable8%8%53%2.1°61%42840m
NightUnavailable0%37%44%-9.9°50%41140m
NightUnavailable0%36%17%-22°46%39420m
NightUnavailable0%25%4%-33°28%36420m
NightUnavailable10%0%0%-43°10%34480m
NightUnavailable79%0%0%-52°79%32580m
Fri, Oct 9, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%0%65%-57°65%31080m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-57°0%29880m
NightUnavailable100%0%0%-52°100%25840m
NightUnavailable57%19%0%-43°72%26020m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-32°0%29160m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-21°0%29620m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-9.4°0%30160m
Unavailable0%0%0%2.5°0%30900m
Unavailable0%0%0%14°0%33660m
Unavailable0%0%0%24°0%38420m
Unavailable0%0%0%34°0%40460m
Unavailable0%0%0%41°0%41080m
Unavailable0%0%0%45°0%42520m
Unavailable0%0%0%45°0%44240m
Unavailable0%7%0%40°7%44820m
Unavailable0%9%0%33°9%44480m
Unavailable0%4%4%24°8%43980m
Unavailable0%0%0%13°0%44040m
Unavailable0%20%0%1.8°20%43420m
NightUnavailable0%12%0%-10°12%42200m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-22°0%40060m

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Painted Sky 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
3
recorded matching windows · 68% average confidence
Last 90 days
4
recorded matching windows · 68% average confidence
Last 365 days
10
recorded matching windows · 73% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

19:00 local time, shared by 3 of 10 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

July, with 3 of 10 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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