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Rule Painted Sky

Painted Sky Forecast for Göreme, Cappadocia

Nevşehir, Nevşehir Province, Turkey

Göreme's cave dwellings and clustered fairy chimneys create a dense textured foreground. Receding valley ridges help separate balloons from the rock forms when the sky is busy at sunrise.

2 matching opportunities in the 14-day forecast.

Hourly forecast scores

Forecast valid from Oct 7, 2026, 11:00 PM UTC (one hour; not an observation)
Low Cloud Cover40%
Mid Cloud Cover32%
High Cloud Cover5%
Sun Elevation-51.1°

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/Istanbul
golden-clouds weather icon
First upcoming window
Spectacular Painted Sky at Sunrise
Göreme
Tue, Oct 13 · 07:00–07:22 · 1h window
Low confidence
47%
🌤️Painted Sky Potential95.3%
Low Cloud Cover: 0%
Mid Cloud Cover: 51%
High Cloud Cover: 16%
Sun Elevation: 1.9° (Golden hour)
golden-clouds weather icon
Spectacular Painted Sky at Sunrise
Göreme
Sat, Oct 17 · 07:00–07:26
🌤️Painted Sky Potential:95.6%
Medium

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 Potential100% of hours
  • Golden Hour83% of hours
  • Precipitation Chance6% of hours
0matching hours in the displayed 72-hour forecast
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%
Thu, Oct 8
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 19%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 20%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 34%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 34%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 29%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.64m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.81m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.86m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 34%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 23%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 32%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 40%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 30%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 30%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 27%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 13%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 32%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 8%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 42%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 44%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 35%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.36m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 5%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 38%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.71m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 39%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 37%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 30%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Fri, Oct 9
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 30%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 27%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 33%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 33%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 17%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 17%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 17%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.78m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 15%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.92m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 16%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 16%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 16%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 47%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 63%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 15%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.36m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 13%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.67m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 13%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Sat, Oct 10
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.91m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.99m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.36m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 4.9%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 9.2%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Sun, Oct 11
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 13%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 9.2%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.8m/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
Thu, Oct 8, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable5%40%32%-51°51%37180m
NightUnavailable100%7%3%-43°100%35980m
NightUnavailable96%4%0%-32°98%32700m
NightUnavailable100%0%0%-21°100%31280m
NightUnavailable100%0%0%-9.1°100%32060m
Unavailable100%0%0%2.7°100%33080m
Unavailable43%0%41%14°71%35100m
Unavailable35%0%59%24°74%38100m
Unavailable100%0%51%34°100%39480m
Unavailable0%0%47%41°47%40560m
Unavailable17%15%32%45°53%40900m
Unavailable100%35%37%45°100%41280m
Unavailable0%28%0%41°28%41600m
Unavailable0%2%0%33°2%41920m
Unavailable0%10%8%24°17%42000m
Unavailable0%0%0%13°0%41880m
Unavailable0%0%0%2°0%41500m
NightUnavailable0%3%0%-10°3%41100m
NightUnavailable0%30%32%-22°40%41100m
NightUnavailable0%33%31%-33°39%38940m
NightUnavailable0%25%0%-43°25%37500m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-52°0%36640m
Fri, Oct 9, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%27%3%-57°29%36700m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-57°0%36440m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-51°0%37140m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-43°0%36680m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-32°0%36080m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-21°0%35180m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-9.3°0%34900m
Unavailable1%0%0%2.6°1%34520m
Unavailable0%0%0%14°0%35920m
Unavailable0%0%0%24°0%37920m
Unavailable0%0%0%33°0%40480m
Unavailable0%0%0%41°0%41080m
Unavailable0%0%0%45°0%41680m
Unavailable0%0%0%44°0%41900m
Unavailable0%0%0%40°0%42620m
Unavailable0%30%0%33°30%43760m
Unavailable0%32%0%23°32%45280m
Unavailable0%17%0%13°17%46740m
Unavailable0%26%0%1.7°26%44880m
NightUnavailable0%5%0%-10°5%43800m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-22°0%43320m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-33°0%41700m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-44°0%41420m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-52°0%41180m
Sat, Oct 10, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-57°0%40880m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-57°0%40620m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-52°0%40820m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-43°0%40740m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-33°0%40140m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-21°0%39240m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-9.5°0%38180m
Unavailable0%0%0%2.4°0%37960m
Unavailable0%0%0%13°0%38600m
Unavailable0%0%0%24°0%39120m
Unavailable0%0%0%33°0%40780m
Unavailable0%0%0%40°0%40740m
Unavailable0%0%0%44°0%41400m
Unavailable0%0%0%44°0%42340m
Unavailable0%0%0%40°0%43140m
Unavailable0%0%0%33°0%43700m
Unavailable0%0%0%23°0%44360m
Unavailable0%0%0%13°0%44960m
Unavailable0%0%0%1.5°0%44180m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-11°0%45100m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-22°0%45640m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-34°0%43340m
NightUnavailable0%8%0%-44°8%42840m
NightUnavailable0%17%0%-53°17%42360m
Sun, Oct 11, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%25%0%-58°25%41860m
NightUnavailable0%17%0%-57°17%41360m

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 Göreme.

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Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days
2
recorded matching windows · 70% average confidence
Last 90 days
2
recorded matching windows · 70% average confidence
Last 365 days
8
recorded matching windows · 76% average confidence

Only 8 completed matches are recorded in the last 365 days—insufficient history to identify a reliable typical start time or month.

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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