Rule
Golden Hour
Golden Light on the Dolomites
South Tyrol, Italy
That magical warm light just after sunrise or before sunset
Upcoming Opportunities
When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.
Times shown in Europe/Rome
Next opportunity
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Tomorrow · 08:00–08:42 · 1h window
High confidence
77%
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunset
Sun, Jan 11 · 17:00–17:08
High
What this forecast looks for
Plain-language explanation from the ruleGolden Hour conditions for warm, magical light photography:
- Solar Elevation: The sun position that creates golden light
- Cloud Cover: Some clouds can enhance the colors
- Visibility: Good visibility for landscape photography
- Precipitation: Dry conditions preferred
The golden hour potential score combines atmospheric conditions for optimal warm light.
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72-hour requirements breakdown
What passed or failed, hour by hourAND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time Europe/Rome | Golden Hour Any | Golden Hour Potential ≥ 85.0% | Precipitation Chance ≤ 5.0% | Visibility ≥ 12000.0m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Jan 9 | ||||
| 07:00 | ✓ | 37% | 0% | 25520m |
| 08:00 | ✓ | 23% | 0% | 2740m |
| 09:00 | ✕ | 7.4% | 5% | 220m |
| 10:00 | ✕ | 8% | 38% | 180m |
| 11:00 | ✕ | 5.6% | 70% | 160m |
| 12:00 | ✕ | 7.4% | 88% | 140m |
| 13:00 | ✕ | 5.6% | 85% | 360m |
| 14:00 | ✕ | 7.4% | 60% | 400m |
| 15:00 | ✓ | 5.6% | 35% | 520m |
| 16:00 | ✓ | 18% | 30% | 1300m |
| 17:00 | ✓ | 34% | 38% | 3160m |
| 18:00 | ✕ | 28% | 33% | 4060m |
| 19:00 | ✕ | 23% | 40% | 4060m |
| 20:00 | ✕ | 21% | 40% | 4060m |
| 21:00 | ✕ | 47% | 20% | 29920m |
| 22:00 | ✕ | 54% | 10% | 18500m |
| 23:00 | ✕ | 51% | 10% | 20420m |
| Sat, Jan 10 | ||||
| 24:00 | ✕ | 89% | 8% | 36980m |
| 01:00 | ✕ | 79% | 3% | 29840m |
| 02:00 | ✕ | 91% | 0% | 47680m |
| 03:00 | ✕ | 82% | 3% | 60380m |
| 04:00 | ✕ | 85% | 3% | 61980m |
| 05:00 | ✕ | 92% | 0% | 58800m |
| 06:00 | ✕ | 59% | 0% | 56580m |
| 07:00 | ✓ | 72% | 0% | 55240m |
| 08:00 | ✓ | 100% | 0% | 53720m |
| 09:00 | ✕ | 29% | 0% | 52360m |
| 10:00 | ✕ | 31% | 0% | 48280m |
| 11:00 | ✕ | 28% | 0% | 49120m |
| 12:00 | ✕ | 28% | 0% | 48980m |
| 13:00 | ✕ | 29% | 0% | 42140m |
| 14:00 | ✕ | 22% | 0% | 47580m |
| 15:00 | ✓ | 18% | 0% | 47220m |
| 16:00 | ✓ | 40% | 0% | 45520m |
| 17:00 | ✓ | 58% | 0% | 38720m |
| 18:00 | ✕ | 45% | 0% | 27820m |
| 19:00 | ✕ | 43% | 0% | 29880m |
| 20:00 | ✕ | 40% | 0% | 27720m |
| 21:00 | ✕ | 39% | 0% | 25960m |
| 22:00 | ✕ | 37% | 0% | 19520m |
| 23:00 | ✕ | 39% | 0% | 23720m |
| Sun, Jan 11 | ||||
| 24:00 | ✕ | 80% | 0% | 28460m |
| 01:00 | ✕ | 87% | 0% | 37820m |
| 02:00 | ✕ | 87% | 0% | 47030m |
| 03:00 | ✕ | 92% | 0% | 55180m |
| 04:00 | ✕ | 95% | 0% | 61440m |
| 05:00 | ✕ | 92% | 0% | 70620m |
| 06:00 | ✕ | 90% | 0% | 70720m |
| 07:00 | ✓ | 74% | 0% | 70440m |
| 08:00 | ✓ | 83% | 0% | 65760m |
| 09:00 | ✕ | 24% | 0% | 63220m |
| 10:00 | ✕ | 25% | 0% | 68000m |
| 11:00 | ✕ | 31% | 0% | 70440m |
| 12:00 | ✕ | 33% | 0% | 72780m |
| 13:00 | ✕ | 28% | 0% | 74460m |
| 14:00 | ✕ | 30% | 0% | 75460m |
| 15:00 | ✓ | 30% | 0% | 75860m |
| 16:00 | ✓ | 69% | 0% | 75860m |
| 17:00 | ✓ | 100% | 0% | 77280m |
| 18:00 | ✕ | 84% | 0% | 77660m |
| 19:00 | ✕ | 83% | 0% | 79120m |
| 20:00 | ✕ | 83% | 0% | 80520m |
| 21:00 | ✕ | 82% | 0% | 81700m |
| 22:00 | ✕ | 81% | 0% | 82340m |
| 23:00 | ✕ | 81% | 2% | 82660m |
| Mon, Jan 12 | ||||
| 24:00 | ✕ | 81% | 3% | 82720m |
| 01:00 | ✕ | 81% | 3% | 83060m |
| 02:00 | ✕ | 90% | 3% | 83260m |
| 03:00 | ✕ | 82% | 2% | 83400m |
| 04:00 | ✕ | 89% | 2% | 83740m |
| 05:00 | ✕ | 91% | 1% | 83760m |
| 06:00 | ✕ | 85% | 0% | 84000m |
How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity).
What does Golden Hour Potential mean?
Inputs that drive the scoreThis 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/Rome | Golden Hour | High Clouds % | Low Clouds % | Mid-Level Clouds % | Relative Humidity % | Total Cloud Coverage % | Wind Speed m/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Jan 9
Sunrise 07:55
Sunset 16:44 | |||||||
| 08:00 | - | 0% | 100% | 100% | 93% | 100% | 3.3m/s |
| 09:00 | - | 0% | 100% | 78% | 99% | 100% | 3m/s |
| 10:00 | - | 0% | 100% | 78% | 100% | 100% | 2.1m/s |
| 11:00 | - | 0% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 2.8m/s |
| 12:00 | - | 0% | 100% | 70% | 100% | 100% | 3.9m/s |
| 13:00 | - | 0% | 87% | 100% | 98% | 100% | 3.5m/s |
| 14:00 | - | 0% | 87% | 43% | 97% | 93% | 3.5m/s |
| 15:00 | - | 0% | 85% | 100% | 96% | 100% | 2.9m/s |
| 16:00 | - | 0% | 68% | 100% | 93% | 100% | 2.9m/s |
| 17:00 | - | 0% | 68% | 100% | 93% | 100% | 2.8m/s |
| 18:00 | - | 0% | 69% | 100% | 91% | 100% | 2.7m/s |
| 19:00 | - | 0% | 99% | 100% | 92% | 100% | 2.5m/s |
| 20:00 | - | 0% | 90% | 100% | 91% | 100% | 3.2m/s |
| 21:00 | - | 0% | 26% | 100% | 81% | 100% | 3.3m/s |
| 22:00 | - | 0% | 0% | 75% | 86% | 75% | 3.2m/s |
| 23:00 | - | 0% | 0% | 85% | 85% | 85% | 3.2m/s |
| Sat, Jan 10
Sunrise 07:55
Sunset 16:44 | |||||||
| 24:00 | - | 0% | 0% | 37% | 77% | 37% | 2.4m/s |
| 01:00 | - | 0% | 0% | 0% | 81% | 0% | 2.6m/s |
| 02:00 | - | 0% | 0% | 35% | 72% | 35% | 2.2m/s |
| 03:00 | - | 0% | 0% | 54% | 65% | 54% | 2.8m/s |
| 04:00 | - | 0% | 3% | 0% | 64% | 3% | 3.2m/s |
| 05:00 | - | 0% | 7% | 10% | 66% | 15% | 3.4m/s |
| 06:00 | - | 0% | 5% | 78% | 67% | 81% | 3.8m/s |
| 07:00 | - | 0% | 2% | 37% | 68% | 39% | 4m/s |
| 08:00 | - | 0% | 6% | 27% | 69% | 31% | 4m/s |
| 09:00 | - | 0% | 4% | 0% | 69% | 4% | 4m/s |
| 10:00 | - | 0% | 7% | 3% | 72% | 9% | 4.1m/s |
| 11:00 | - | 0% | 0% | 0% | 71% | 0% | 4.4m/s |
| 12:00 | - | 0% | 0% | 0% | 71% | 0% | 4.3m/s |
| 13:00 | - | 14% | 6% | 39% | 74% | 49% | 4.1m/s |
| 14:00 | - | 17% | 4% | 71% | 70% | 73% | 4m/s |
| 15:00 | - | 17% | 11% | 100% | 71% | 100% | 4.2m/s |
| 16:00 | - | 16% | 43% | 100% | 72% | 100% | 4.7m/s |
| 17:00 | - | 0% | 66% | 100% | 76% | 100% | 5.1m/s |
| 18:00 | - | 0% | 68% | 100% | 81% | 100% | 5.2m/s |
| 19:00 | - | 0% | 47% | 100% | 80% | 100% | 6.4m/s |
| 20:00 | - | 0% | 44% | 100% | 81% | 100% | 7.3m/s |
| 21:00 | - | 0% | 43% | 87% | 82% | 94% | 7.6m/s |
| 22:00 | - | 0% | 46% | 100% | 85% | 100% | 8m/s |
| 23:00 | - | 0% | 37% | 100% | 83% | 100% | 7.5m/s |
| Sun, Jan 11
Sunrise 07:54
Sunset 16:45 | |||||||
| 24:00 | - | 0% | 43% | 0% | 81% | 43% | 6.3m/s |
| 01:00 | - | 0% | 28% | 0% | 77% | 28% | 5.5m/s |
| 02:00 | - | 0% | 34% | 0% | 71% | 34% | 5.1m/s |
| 03:00 | - | 0% | 22% | 0% | 67% | 22% | 4.8m/s |
| 04:00 | - | 0% | 24% | 0% | 62% | 24% | 4.2m/s |
| 05:00 | - | 0% | 11% | 0% | 56% | 11% | 3.6m/s |
| 06:00 | - | 0% | 6% | 0% | 56% | 6% | 3.5m/s |
| 07:00 | - | 0% | 13% | 0% | 57% | 13% | 3.3m/s |
| 08:00 | - | 0% | 73% | 0% | 61% | 73% | 2.6m/s |
| 09:00 | - | 2% | 70% | 0% | 63% | 71% | 2.3m/s |
| 10:00 | - | 1% | 65% | 0% | 58% | 67% | 2.3m/s |
| 11:00 | - | 6% | 45% | 0% | 56% | 49% | 2.3m/s |
| 12:00 | - | 28% | 7% | 0% | 53% | 34% | 3.1m/s |
| 13:00 | - | 0% | 0% | 58% | 50% | 58% | 3.5m/s |
| 14:00 | - | 0% | 0% | 0% | 47% | 0% | 3.2m/s |
| 15:00 | - | 0% | 0% | 0% | 44% | 0% | 2.8m/s |
| 16:00 | - | 0% | 0% | 0% | 44% | 0% | 2.7m/s |
| 17:00 | - | 0% | 0% | 0% | 40% | 0% | 2.8m/s |
| 18:00 | - | 0% | 0% | 0% | 38% | 0% | 3.1m/s |
| 19:00 | - | 0% | 0% | 0% | 34% | 0% | 3.1m/s |
| 20:00 | - | 0% | 0% | 0% | 30% | 0% | 3.1m/s |
| 21:00 | - | 0% | 0% | 0% | 26% | 0% | 3.2m/s |
| 22:00 | - | 0% | 0% | 0% | 24% | 0% | 3m/s |
| 23:00 | - | 0% | 0% | 0% | 23% | 0% | 3.1m/s |
| Mon, Jan 12
Sunrise 07:54
Sunset 16:46 | |||||||
| 24:00 | - | 0% | 0% | 0% | 23% | 0% | 2.9m/s |
| 01:00 | - | 0% | 0% | 0% | 22% | 0% | 2.9m/s |
| 02:00 | - | 24% | 0% | 0% | 22% | 24% | 3m/s |
| 03:00 | - | 2% | 0% | 0% | 21% | 2% | 2.7m/s |
| 04:00 | - | 43% | 0% | 0% | 20% | 43% | 2.8m/s |
| 05:00 | - | 2% | 0% | 19% | 20% | 21% | 2.8m/s |
| 06:00 | - | 24% | 0% | 29% | 20% | 48% | 2.4m/s |
| 07:00 | - | 50% | 0% | 35% | 19% | 73% | 2.6m/s |
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.
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