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Rovaniemi - Dark Skies - Finnish Lapland

Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland

Moonless nights with crystal-clear skies for Milky Way shots

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Rule requirements (key thresholds)
Astronomical Night · Any Total Cloud Coverage · ≤ 20.0% Visibility · ≥ 12000.0m Precipitation Chance · ≤ 10.0%

Tip: Scroll down to the 72-hour table to see exactly which condition fails hour by hour.

Most common blockers (next 72 hours)
Total Cloud Coverage 86% failing
Visibility 50% failing
Astronomical Night 46% failing

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
0matching hours in the next 72 hours
OR logic: one branch per group is enough
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/Helsinki
Astronomical Night
Any
Total Cloud Coverage
≤ 20.0%
Visibility
≥ 12000.0m
Precipitation Chance
≤ 10.0%
Moon Illumination
OR1·B1
≤ 35.0%
Moon Altitude
OR1·B2
≤ 10.0°
Sun, Jan 11
14:00100%68440m0%41%-22°
15:0097%68440m0%41%-28°
16:0097%68440m0%41%-33°
17:00100%68440m0%41%-37°
18:00100%68440m0%41%-39°
19:0099%68460m0%41%-40°
20:0091%68460m0%41%-39°
21:0092%68460m0%41%-36°
22:00100%68460m0%41%-32°
23:00100%68460m0%41%-27°
Mon, Jan 12
24:00100%68460m0%41%-22°
01:0099%68460m0%41%-16°
02:0094%68460m0%33%-11°
03:0083%36320m0%33%-5.6°
04:0096%9920m0%33%-1.3°
05:0099%1620m0%33%
06:00100%1500m0%33%4.1°
07:00100%1580m0%33%4.8°
08:00100%1580m0%33%4.2°
09:00100%2020m0%33%2.2°
10:00100%2460m0%33%-0.97°
11:00100%2460m0%33%-5.2°
12:00100%2560m0%33%-10°
13:00100%2540m0%33%-16°
14:00100%2880m0%33%-22°
15:00100%3380m0%33%-28°
16:00100%4940m0%33%-33°
17:0092%5380m0%33%-38°
18:0085%5120m0%33%-42°
19:0082%5100m0%33%-44°
20:0052%6420m0%33%-44°
21:0023%7640m0%33%-43°
22:0023%19020m0%33%-39°
23:0031%58120m0%33%-35°
Tue, Jan 13
24:0040%28100m0%33%-30°
01:0043%20300m0%33%-24°
02:0054%22840m0%24%-19°
03:0034%17980m0%24%-13°
04:0021%6100m0%24%-8.4°
05:0016%4720m0%24%-4.4°
06:0014%7940m0%24%-1.5°
07:0016%6240m0%24%0.29°
08:0012%6160m0%24%0.73°
09:008%3500m0%24%-0.18°
10:009%3300m0%24%-2.4°
11:007%2820m0%24%-5.7°
12:007%3440m0%24%-10°
13:0030%4460m0%24%-15°
14:0053%3500m0%24%-21°
15:0077%4500m0%24%-27°
16:00100%5480m0%24%-33°
17:00100%5980m0%24%-38°
18:00100%12820m0%24%-43°
19:00100%11260m0%24%-46°
20:00100%10440m0%24%-48°
21:00100%10280m0%24%-48°
22:00100%12700m0%24%-45°
23:00100%11200m0%24%-42°
Wed, Jan 14
24:00100%34200m0%24%-37°
01:00100%18520m0%24%-32°
02:00100%27460m0%16%-26°
03:00100%34300m0%16%-20°
04:00100%22740m0%16%-15°
05:00100%18100m0%16%-11°
06:0099%33040m0%16%-6.8°
07:0098%59960m0%16%-4.1°
08:0048%67040m0%16%-2.6°
09:009%68580m0%16%-2.4°
10:0013%68600m0%16%-3.5°
11:0023%66180m0%16%-5.9°
12:0037%49820m0%16%-9.3°
13:0044%40880m0%16%-14°
How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity). For OR groups, only one branch is required, so some OR-branch predicates can be ✕ even in a matching hour.

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