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Rule Blue Hour

Motovun - Blue Hour - Croatian Coast

Motovun, Istria, Croatia

When city lights balance with the deep blue twilight sky

Currently

Real-time conditions
Cloud Cover5%
Moon Altitude-37.4°

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/Zagreb
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Next opportunity
Good Blue Hour (clear) at Sunrise
Motovun
Wed, Jun 10 · 04:38–04:53 · 1h window
Medium confidence
53%
🌉Blue Hour Quality74.4%
Cloud Cover: 5%
Moon Illumination: 28%
Moon Altitude: 21.8°
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Good Blue Hour (clear) at Sunrise
Motovun
Sat, Jun 13 · 04:38–04:52
🌉Blue Hour Quality:82.1%
Medium
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Good Blue Hour (clear) at Sunrise
Motovun
Sun, Jun 14 · 04:37–04:52
🌉Blue Hour Quality:81.9%
Medium

What this forecast looks for

Plain-language explanation from the rule

Croatia's Adriatic coast transforms during blue hour as medieval walled cities illuminate their honey-colored stone fortifications against the deepening twilight sky. The warm glow of street lamps and restaurant lighting creates perfect color contrast with the cool blue Adriatic atmosphere.

Dubrovnik's Old Town becomes a glowing jewel when viewed from Mount Srđ or the city walls themselves. The limestone fortifications, illuminated from within, create a golden circuit around the darkening terracotta rooftops. Split's Diocletian's Palace—a 1,700-year-old Roman structure forming the city's core—offers countless blue-hour compositions as modern cafes illuminate ancient archways.

What makes Croatian blue hour exceptional:

  • Illuminated fortifications - Medieval walls and towers glowing against Adriatic twilight
  • Harbor reflections - Rovinj, Hvar, and Korčula harbors mirror warm lights on calm water
  • Roman integration - Ancient architecture (Split's palace, Pula's arena) illuminated for night use
  • Coastal town cascades - Hillside villages create layered light displays descending to the sea

Best blue hour occurs during stable high-pressure systems when the Adriatic lies calm. Summer (June-August) offers blue hours around 8:30-9:30 PM with warm ambient temperatures. Spring and autumn provide earlier timing (7-8 PM) with fewer tourists. Arrive 45 minutes before sunset to scout compositions—the transition from golden hour to blue hour happens quickly in these latitudes.

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
1matching hours in the next 82 hoursJump to next match
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/Zagreb
Blue Hour
Any
Blue Hour Quality
≥ 65.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 15.0%
Mon, Jun 8
06:0027%0%
07:0027%0%
08:0027%0%
09:0028%0%
10:0028%0%
11:0031%0%
12:0031%19%
13:0031%37%
14:0028%56%
15:0031%26%
16:0028%13%
17:0031%0%
18:0033%0%
19:0029%0%
20:0031%0%
21:0060%0%
22:0043%0%
23:0029%0%
Tue, Jun 9
24:0029%0%
01:0028%0%
02:0028%0%
03:0028%0.3%
04:0058%0.61%
05:0058%0.91%
06:0026%17%
07:0024%34%
08:0026%50%
09:0026%46%
10:0028%42%
11:0021%38%
12:0029%46%
13:0025%54%
14:0028%62%
15:0028%47%
16:0032%33%
17:0033%18%
18:0031%25%
19:0029%32%
20:0024%39%
21:0053%26%
22:0041%13%
23:0027%0%
Wed, Jun 10
24:0027%0%
01:0029%0%
02:0028%0%
03:0036%3.9%
04:0074%7.7%
05:0068%12%
06:0023%31%
07:0029%50%
08:0029%69%
09:0028%70%
10:0021%72%
11:0022%74%
12:0029%80%
13:0030%87%
14:0028%93%
15:0028%86%
16:0028%80%
17:0028%73%
18:0032%76%
19:0026%79%
20:0025%82%
21:0068%77%
22:0052%71%
23:0031%66%
Thu, Jun 11
24:0030%71%
01:0024%76%
02:0024%80%
03:005.1%81%
04:0034%81%
05:0025%82%
06:001.5%80%
07:001.7%79%
08:001.8%77%
09:001.9%58%
10:002.3%38%
11:002.4%19%
12:002.4%19%
13:002.5%19%
14:002.4%20%
15:002.4%46%
How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity).

What does Blue Hour Quality 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
Europe/Zagreb
Blue Hour
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
Relative Humidity
%
Solar Elevation
°
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Visibility
m
Wind Speed
m/s
Mon, Jun 8 Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 20:50
17:00
- 5% 0% 0% 48% 38° 5% 24134m 2.1m/s
18:00
- 11% 0% 0% 52% 27° 11% 24135m 1.9m/s
19:00
- 10% 0% 0% 65% 17° 10% 24135m 1.4m/s
20:00
- 5% 0% 0% 73% 5% 24134m 0.39m/s
21:00
- 62% 0% 0% 75% -2° 62% 24134m 1.1m/s
22:00
- 89% 0% 4% 76% -10° 89% 24134m 1.5m/s
23:00
- 76% 0% 7% 77% -16° 76% 24135m 1.6m/s
Tue, Jun 9 Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 20:50
24:00
- 94% 0% 68% 79% -20° 94% 24134m 1.7m/s
01:00
- 75% 0% 94% 78% -22° 94% 24135m 1.8m/s
02:00
- 100% 0% 45% 79% -21° 100% 24135m 1.6m/s
03:00
- 100% 0% 88% 79% -17° 100% 24135m 1.6m/s
04:00
- 97% 0% 99% 76% -11° 100% 24135m 1.6m/s
05:00
- 98% 0% 100% 75% -3.1° 100% 24135m 1.5m/s
06:00
- 100% 4% 86% 80% 5.8° 100% 17651m 1.5m/s
07:00
- 100% 2% 5% 80% 15° 100% 24135m 1.2m/s
08:00
- 100% 0% 18% 71% 26° 100% 24135m 0.73m/s
09:00
- 100% 5% 100% 62% 36° 100% 24135m 0.75m/s
10:00
- 99% 0% 100% 62% 47° 100% 24134m 0.54m/s
11:00
- 6% 0% 89% 56% 56° 89% 24135m 1.4m/s
12:00
- 20% 24% 77% 52% 64° 77% 24135m 2m/s
13:00
- 5% 5% 5% 49% 68° 5% 24134m 2.4m/s
14:00
- 0% 5% 5% 47% 65° 5% 24134m 2.9m/s
15:00
- 2% 1% 1% 49% 58° 2% 24134m 3.2m/s
16:00
- 5% 0% 0% 49% 48° 5% 24135m 2.9m/s
17:00
- 23% 0% 0% 50% 38° 23% 24134m 2.5m/s
18:00
- 5% 0% 1% 54% 27° 5% 24135m 2.3m/s
19:00
- 5% 0% 0% 65% 17° 5% 24135m 2m/s
20:00
- 67% 0% 4% 77% 7.1° 67% 24134m 2m/s
21:00
- 100% 0% 0% 83% -1.9° 100% 24135m 2.2m/s
22:00
- 100% 0% 0% 81% -9.9° 100% 24134m 2.3m/s
23:00
- 100% 0% 0% 80% -16° 100% 24134m 2.2m/s
Wed, Jun 10 Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 20:51
24:00
- 95% 0% 0% 79% -20° 95% 24134m 2.1m/s
01:00
- 34% 0% 0% 79% -22° 34% 24134m 2.3m/s
02:00
- 45% 0% 0% 78% -20° 45% 24135m 2.5m/s
03:00
- 5% 0% 0% 77% -17° 5% 24134m 2.5m/s
04:00
- 5% 1% 0% 75% -11° 5% 24134m 2.6m/s
05:00
- 5% 17% 3% 74% -3.1° 17% 24134m 2.7m/s
06:00
- 21% 4% 0% 74% 5.8° 21% 24134m 2.8m/s
07:00
- 5% 0% 0% 72% 16° 5% 24134m 2.9m/s
08:00
- 5% 0% 0% 64% 26° 5% 24134m 3.3m/s
09:00
- 5% 2% 0% 57% 36° 6% 24134m 4.3m/s
10:00
- 5% 51% 0% 54% 47° 51% 24135m 4.7m/s
11:00
- 4% 31% 5% 51% 56° 31% 24134m 4.7m/s
12:00
- 5% 12% 1% 46% 64° 13% 24134m 4.7m/s
13:00
- 74% 0% 5% 45% 68° 74% 24135m 4.5m/s
14:00
- 1% 0% 1% 46% 65° 2% 24135m 5m/s
15:00
- 0% 0% 3% 46% 58° 3% 24134m 4.8m/s
16:00
- 3% 0% 5% 44% 48° 5% 24134m 4.2m/s
17:00
- 1% 0% 2% 46% 38° 2% 24135m 3.7m/s
18:00
- 8% 0% 2% 52% 27° 8% 24134m 3.6m/s
19:00
- 4% 0% 0% 63% 17° 4% 24135m 3.3m/s
20:00
- 5% 0% 0% 76% 7.2° 5% 22961m 2.3m/s
21:00
- 10% 0% 0% 84% -1.8° 10% 21788m 2m/s
22:00
- 14% 0% 0% 85% -9.8° 14% 24134m 2.5m/s
23:00
- 18% 3% 4% 85% -16° 18% 19748m 2.2m/s
Thu, Jun 11 Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 20:51
24:00
- 18% 0% 12% 92% -20° 26% 21403m 2.4m/s
01:00
- 96% 0% 25% 93% -22° 96% 21188m 2.6m/s
02:00
- 100% 10% 2% 93% -20° 100% 24134m 2.7m/s
03:00
- 99% 40% 35% 89% -17° 100% 23928m 3m/s
04:00
- 99% 70% 67% 86% -11° 100% 23722m 3.3m/s
05:00
- 98% 100% 100% 82% -3° 100% 23517m 3.6m/s
06:00
- 67% 99% 68% 73% 5.9° 99% 23723m 4.1m/s
07:00
- 36% 99% 36% 65% 16° 99% 23929m 4.5m/s
08:00
- 5% 98% 4% 56% 26° 98% 24135m 5m/s
09:00
- 32% 74% 3% 54% 36° 95% 24135m 4.5m/s
10:00
- 60% 50% 1% 53% 47° 92% 24135m 3.9m/s
11:00
- 87% 25% 0% 51% 56° 89% 24135m 3.4m/s
12:00
- 92% 17% 0% 58% 64° 93% 24135m 2.8m/s
13:00
- 96% 8% 0% 64% 68° 96% 24135m 2.3m/s
14:00
- 100% 0% 0% 71% 65° 100% 24135m 1.8m/s
15:00
- 100% 0% 11% 73% 58° 100% 24135m 2m/s
16:00
- 100% 0% 21% 75% 48° 100% 24135m 2.2m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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