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Painted Sky Forecast for Selime, Cappadocia

Aksaray, Aksaray, Türkiye

Selime's steep approach reveals its rock-cut chambers one level at a time. Inside the cathedral, columns and openings frame fragments of the surrounding volcanic valley.

3 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 Cover0%
Mid Cloud Cover0%
High Cloud Cover100%
Sun Elevation-51.7°

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 Sunset
Selime
Sun, Oct 11 · 17:37–18:28 · 1h window
Medium confidence
52%
🌤️Painted Sky Potential96.9-97.5%
Low Cloud Cover: 0%
Mid Cloud Cover: 43%
High Cloud Cover: 24%
Sun Elevation: 12.9° (Daylight)
golden-clouds weather icon
Spectacular Painted Sky at Sunrise
Selime
Sat, Oct 17 · 07:00–07:29
🌤️Painted Sky Potential:87.5%
Low
golden-clouds weather icon
Spectacular Painted Sky at Sunset
Selime
Wed, Oct 21 · 17:22–18:00
🌤️Painted Sky Potential:88.7%
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 90-hour forecast horizon, not the full opportunity period.

  • Painted Sky Potential100% of hours
  • Golden Hour83% of hours
  • Precipitation Chance1% 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: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 27%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 27%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 58%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 57%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 27%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 29%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 8%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 13%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 20%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 27%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 37%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 39%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 48%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 37%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 35%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 29%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Fri, Oct 9
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 27%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 32%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 34%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 30%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 19%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 64%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 13%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 13%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 13%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.36m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 15%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 13%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 13%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 13%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 13%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 17%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Sat, Oct 10
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.9m/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: 1.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.95m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.36m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.28m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.41m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.32m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 4.9%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.94m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 11%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.72m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Sun, Oct 11
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden 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
Thu, Oct 8, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable100%0%0%-52°100%35840m
NightUnavailable100%0%24%-43°100%35280m
NightUnavailable100%0%21%-33°100%35080m
NightUnavailable100%0%40%-21°100%33820m
NightUnavailable100%0%72%-9.8°100%33200m
Unavailable100%0%55%2.2°100%33320m
Unavailable100%0%69%13°100%36220m
Unavailable93%0%63%24°98%39660m
Unavailable0%0%73%33°73%40600m
Unavailable0%0%72%41°72%41560m
Unavailable0%0%39%45°39%42080m
Unavailable0%0%15%45°15%42380m
Unavailable0%0%5%41°5%44260m
Unavailable0%6%34%34°39%45240m
Unavailable0%11%8%24°18%46220m
Unavailable0%0%3%14°3%46880m
Unavailable0%0%8%2.6°8%42160m
NightUnavailable0%0%21%-9.3°21%41500m
NightUnavailable0%0%58%-21°58%40860m
NightUnavailable0%0%51%-32°51%39740m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-43°0%39180m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-52°0%37760m
Fri, Oct 9, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-57°0%37520m
NightUnavailable0%0%38%-57°38%35440m
NightUnavailable0%0%38%-52°38%34080m
NightUnavailable20%0%26%-43°41%32460m
NightUnavailable19%0%0%-33°19%30760m
NightUnavailable12%0%0%-22°12%30660m
NightUnavailable24%5%0%-10°28%30420m
Unavailable4%0%0%2°4%31460m
Unavailable0%0%0%13°0%36200m
Unavailable0%0%0%24°0%40300m
Unavailable0%0%0%33°0%41360m
Unavailable0%0%0%41°0%42440m
Unavailable0%0%0%45°0%43240m
Unavailable0%0%0%45°0%44460m
Unavailable0%0%0%41°0%45880m
Unavailable0%0%0%33°0%46840m
Unavailable0%0%0%24°0%47540m
Unavailable0%0%0%14°0%45820m
Unavailable0%0%0%2.3°0%47300m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-9.6°0%44120m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-21°0%43420m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-33°0%41880m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-43°0%40180m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-52°0%38220m
Sat, Oct 10, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-57°0%37820m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-57°0%37580m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-52°0%36840m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-44°0%36900m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-33°0%33500m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-22°0%31080m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-10°0%31960m
Unavailable0%0%0%1.8°0%32520m
Unavailable0%0%0%13°0%35060m
Unavailable0%0%0%24°0%38760m
Unavailable0%0%0%33°0%41580m
Unavailable0%0%0%40°0%42840m
Unavailable0%0%0%44°0%44300m
Unavailable0%0%0%44°0%45700m
Unavailable0%0%0%40°0%47220m
Unavailable0%0%0%33°0%48400m
Unavailable0%8%0%24°8%48580m
Unavailable0%0%0%13°0%45400m
Unavailable0%0%0%2.1°0%44040m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-9.9°0%41980m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-22°0%40780m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-33°0%39180m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-44°0%39540m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-52°0%39920m
Sun, Oct 11, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-58°0%40280m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-58°0%38440m

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 Selime.

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Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days
5
recorded matching windows · 69% average confidence
Last 90 days
5
recorded matching windows · 69% average confidence
Last 365 days
5
recorded matching windows · 69% average confidence

Only 5 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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