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Rule Golden Hour

Golden Hour Forecast for Kanazawa, Japan

Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Kanazawa offers shaped pines and reflective ponds in Kenrokuen, plus latticed wooden facades and lantern-lit lanes in the Higashi district.

Currently

Real-time conditions
Low Cloud Cover100%
Mid Cloud Cover92%
High Cloud Cover100%
Sun Elevation17.2° (Daylight)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Asia/Tokyo

No opportunities in the next 14 days

See which requirements block the most forecast hours below.

Most common blockers (95-hour forecast)

  • Golden Hour Potential100% of hours
  • Precipitation Chance100% of hours
  • Golden Hour83% of hours

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Golden Hour conditions across Japan. The requirements and hourly values below show how those signals apply at Kanazawa.

Explore Golden Hour conditions across Japan →

Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days
9
recorded matching windows · 74% average confidence
Last 90 days
38
recorded matching windows · 73% average confidence
Last 365 days
115
recorded matching windows · 76% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

18:00 local time, shared by 28 of 115 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

May, with 28 of 115 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

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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95-hour requirements breakdown

When available, the detailed table below covers only the stated 95-hour horizon (typically 72–168 hours, depending on available hourly data). Opportunity records above span the next 14 days, so this table does not explain that entire 14-day period.

What passed or failed, hour by hour
0matching hours in the next 95 hours
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Asia/Tokyo
Golden Hour
Any
Golden Hour Potential
≥ 80.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 5.0%
Visibility
≥ 1000.0m
Mon, Sep 7
07:0014%100%23673m
08:0016%100%11671m
09:0018%100%24134m
10:0021%36%24134m
11:0021%37%24134m
12:0023%38%24135m
13:0021%40%24134m
14:0018%43%24134m
15:0017%46%24135m
16:0015%19%24134m
17:0053%21%24135m
18:0061%22%24135m
19:0017%23%24135m
20:0023%23%24135m
21:0014%24%24135m
22:0017%24%24135m
23:0015%40%24134m
Tue, Sep 8
24:0015%48%24134m
01:0016%58%24134m
02:0013%68%24134m
03:0015%78%24135m
04:0014%78%24135m
05:0049%87%24035m
06:0049%96%24135m
07:0014%97%24134m
08:0014%99%24135m
09:0012%100%9581m
10:0014%99%10405m
11:0014%98%24135m
12:0014%97%23985m
13:0014%98%19912m
14:0012%99%20011m
15:0011%99%6835m
16:0011%100%8188m
17:0037%100%5489m
18:0033%100%4960m
19:0011%100%5236m
20:0011%100%2175m
21:0011%100%1935m
22:0012%100%1392m
23:009%100%1156m
Wed, Sep 9
24:009%100%281m
01:009%100%651m
02:009%100%556m
03:009%100%739m
04:009%99%701m
05:0028%99%1565m
06:0028%98%2562m
07:009%98%3580m
08:009%98%7348m
09:0012%98%17981m
10:0012%89%5678m
11:0011%79%21093m
12:0011%70%7166m
13:0012%75%7275m
14:0011%81%7004m
15:009%86%5306m
16:0012%78%12630m
17:0029%70%4457m
18:0032%61%6774m
19:0014%69%8634m
20:0011%76%3293m
21:0014%83%23850m
22:0012%82%23293m
23:0011%80%23878m
Thu, Sep 10
24:0011%79%19227m
01:0014%80%24132m
02:0017%81%23998m
03:0014%82%20789m
04:0012%78%20937m
05:0034%73%20536m
06:0036%69%23697m
07:009%72%21759m
08:009%76%3966m
09:009%80%5130m
10:009%70%3700m
11:009%61%2130m
12:009%51%12590m
13:0012%54%7289m
14:0011%57%3488m
15:0014%60%15355m
16:000%61%12318m
17:0037%61%9282m
18:0037%62%6245m
19:000%65%6718m
20:000%69%7191m
21:000%73%7665m
22:000%75%11665m
23:000%77%15665m
Fri, Sep 11
24:000%79%19664m
01:000%83%17511m
02:000%86%15358m
03:000%89%13205m
04:000%81%12039m
05:0053%74%10874m
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 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
Asia/Tokyo
Golden Hour
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
Relative Humidity
%
Solar Elevation
°
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Wind Speed
m/s
Tue, Sep 8 Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 18:13
07:00
- 100% 100% 92% 87% 17° 100% 2m/s
08:00
- 100% 100% 82% 88% 29° 100% 2.1m/s
09:00
- 100% 100% 95% 88% 40° 100% 1.8m/s
10:00
- 100% 95% 100% 89% 50° 100% 1.2m/s
11:00
- 100% 68% 100% 87% 57° 100% 1.1m/s
12:00
- 100% 48% 100% 85% 59° 100% 1.2m/s
13:00
- 100% 83% 100% 89% 55° 100% 0.94m/s
14:00
- 100% 63% 100% 93% 47° 100% 0.9m/s
15:00
- 100% 81% 100% 93% 37° 100% 0.61m/s
16:00
- 100% 92% 100% 92% 26° 100% 1.6m/s
17:00
- 100% 91% 100% 95% 14° 100% 1.5m/s
18:00
- 100% 100% 100% 96% 1.9° 100% 1.6m/s
19:00
- 100% 94% 100% 96% -10° 100% 1.9m/s
20:00
- 100% 100% 100% 98% -22° 100% 2.2m/s
21:00
- 100% 100% 100% 98% -32° 100% 2.5m/s
22:00
- 100% 100% 100% 97% -40° 100% 4.3m/s
23:00
- 100% 100% 100% 98% -46° 100% 4.2m/s
Wed, Sep 9 Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 18:11
24:00
- 100% 100% 100% 98% -48° 100% 3.3m/s
01:00
- 98% 100% 100% 98% -45° 100% 2.2m/s
02:00
- 100% 100% 100% 98% -38° 100% 1.8m/s
03:00
- 100% 100% 100% 98% -29° 100% 2m/s
04:00
- 100% 100% 100% 98% -18° 100% 2.4m/s
05:00
- 97% 100% 100% 97% -6.9° 100% 3.7m/s
06:00
- 65% 100% 100% 96% 5.2° 100% 5.1m/s
07:00
- 5% 100% 100% 95% 17° 100% 6.9m/s
08:00
- 4% 100% 100% 93% 29° 100% 8.9m/s
09:00
- 4% 100% 100% 93% 40° 100% 9.6m/s
10:00
- 5% 100% 100% 93% 50° 100% 8.9m/s
11:00
- 5% 100% 100% 90% 57° 100% 8.2m/s
12:00
- 5% 100% 100% 90% 59° 100% 8.6m/s
13:00
- 7% 100% 100% 88% 55° 100% 8.4m/s
14:00
- 89% 100% 100% 90% 47° 100% 7.7m/s
15:00
- 100% 100% 99% 90% 37° 100% 7.7m/s
16:00
- 100% 100% 100% 87% 25° 100% 6.8m/s
17:00
- 100% 100% 100% 88% 13° 100% 6.2m/s
18:00
- 100% 100% 100% 92% 1.6° 100% 6.9m/s
19:00
- 100% 88% 84% 93% -11° 100% 6.9m/s
20:00
- 100% 100% 100% 93% -22° 100% 7.4m/s
21:00
- 100% 100% 77% 93% -32° 100% 8.4m/s
22:00
- 100% 100% 92% 91% -41° 100% 8.3m/s
23:00
- 97% 100% 22% 92% -47° 100% 8.4m/s
Thu, Sep 10 Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 18:10
24:00
- 97% 100% 91% 91% -48° 100% 8m/s
01:00
- 14% 100% 56% 91% -45° 100% 8.5m/s
02:00
- 76% 100% 7% 90% -39° 100% 8.1m/s
03:00
- 100% 100% 8% 90% -29° 100% 8.6m/s
04:00
- 100% 100% 83% 92% -19° 100% 8.8m/s
05:00
- 100% 100% 64% 92% -7° 100% 8.9m/s
06:00
- 100% 100% 100% 91% 100% 10m/s
07:00
- 100% 100% 100% 89% 17° 100% 10m/s
08:00
- 100% 100% 100% 92% 29° 100% 11m/s
09:00
- 100% 100% 100% 94% 40° 100% 9.4m/s
10:00
- 100% 100% 100% 94% 49° 100% 8.6m/s
11:00
- 60% 100% 100% 95% 56° 100% 7.6m/s
12:00
- 100% 100% 41% 93% 58° 100% 7.9m/s
13:00
- 100% 100% 98% 94% 55° 100% 7.3m/s
14:00
- 100% 100% 100% 94% 47° 100% 5.3m/s
15:00
- 79% 100% 97% 94% 36° 100% 5.5m/s
16:00
- 52% 100% 97% 94% 25° 100% 4.2m/s
17:00
- 26% 100% 97% 93% 13° 100% 3m/s
18:00
- 0% 100% 97% 93% 1.4° 100% 1.7m/s
19:00
- 0% 100% 67% 93% -11° 100% 1.6m/s
20:00
- 0% 100% 36% 94% -22° 100% 1.5m/s
21:00
- 0% 100% 6% 94% -33° 100% 1.4m/s
22:00
- 0% 100% 13% 94% -41° 100% 1.4m/s
23:00
- 0% 100% 21% 94% -47° 100% 1.5m/s
Fri, Sep 11 Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 18:09
24:00
- 0% 100% 29% 94% -49° 100% 1.6m/s
01:00
- 1% 100% 20% 94% -46° 100% 1.6m/s
02:00
- 2% 100% 11% 94% -39° 100% 1.7m/s
03:00
- 3% 100% 1% 94% -29° 100% 1.8m/s
04:00
- 4% 100% 2% 94% -19° 100% 2.4m/s
05:00
- 4% 100% 2% 94% -7.2° 100% 3m/s
06:00
- 5% 100% 3% 95% 4.9° 100% 3.6m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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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