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Painted Sky Forecast for Aqaba, Jordan

Aqaba, Aqaba, Jordan

Aqaba's waterfront stacks boats, blue Red Sea water, and bare mountains into compressed horizontal layers. In the clear shallows, coral and reef fish provide a separate close-range subject.

2 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 Cover29%
High Cloud Cover0%
Sun Elevation-57.8°

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Asia/Amman
golden-clouds weather icon
First upcoming window
Excellent Painted Sky at Sunrise
Aqaba
Sun, Oct 11 · 06:23–07:10 · 1h window
Low confidence
41%
🌤️Painted Sky Potential80.8-98.6%
Low Cloud Cover: 0%
Mid Cloud Cover: 43%
High Cloud Cover: 21%
Sun Elevation: 3.9° (Golden hour)
golden-clouds weather icon
Spectacular Painted Sky at Sunset
Aqaba
Wed, Oct 21 · 17:31–18:00
🌤️Painted Sky Potential:93.1%
Medium

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 Asia/Amman.

Most common blockers

Ranked across the 95-hour forecast horizon, not the full opportunity period.

  • Painted Sky Potential100% of hours
  • Golden Hour83% of hours
  • Wind Speed13% of hours
0matching hours in the displayed 72-hour forecast
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Asia/Amman
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: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 16%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 20%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 17%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 17%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 13%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 19%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 13%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.1m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 16%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.2m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 29%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.5m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 14%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Fri, Oct 9
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 15%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 19%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 19%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 19%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 62%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 59%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 19%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 14%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 13%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 13%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.3m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.1m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.3m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 13%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.4m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.7m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.8m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 13%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 13%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 15%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 29%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Sat, Oct 10
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 19%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 27%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 1%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 2%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 50%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 54%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 2%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 20%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 1%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 27%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 9.4%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 17%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 18%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 4%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 9.4%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 5%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 9.4%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 5%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 9.4%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 5%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 52%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 4%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 73%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 16%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 1%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 11%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 9.4%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 10%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 1%. Meets requirement
Sun, Oct 11
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 14%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 1%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 13%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 2%. 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 (Asia/Amman)Golden HourHigh CloudsLow CloudsMid-Level CloudsSolar ElevationTotal Cloud CoverageVisibility
Thu, Oct 8, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%0%29%-58°29%40960m
NightUnavailable0%0%17%-47°17%40680m
NightUnavailable0%0%8%-35°8%40440m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-22°0%40220m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-8.8°0%39960m
Unavailable0%0%0%4.3°0%39740m
Unavailable0%11%11%17°22%40080m
Unavailable0%0%30%29°30%40660m
Unavailable0%0%33%40°33%41000m
Unavailable0%0%14%49°14%41520m
Unavailable0%0%14%54°14%42140m
Unavailable0%0%9%54°9%43160m
Unavailable0%0%21%48°21%44380m
Unavailable0%0%0%39°0%45420m
Unavailable0%0%0%28°0%45760m
Unavailable0%0%0%16°0%46040m
Unavailable0%0%0%3.2°0%46040m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-10°0%45620m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-23°0%45140m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-36°0%44520m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-48°0%43740m
NightUnavailable0%4%0%-59°4%40880m
Fri, Oct 9, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-66°0%40360m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-65°0%40100m
NightUnavailable0%15%0%-58°15%40000m
NightUnavailable0%30%0%-47°30%39740m
NightUnavailable0%32%0%-35°32%39360m
NightUnavailable0%27%0%-22°27%39180m
NightUnavailable0%27%0%-9°27%39180m
Unavailable0%33%0%4.2°33%38920m
Unavailable0%25%0%17°25%39400m
Unavailable0%11%0%29°11%39800m
Unavailable0%0%0%40°0%40300m
Unavailable0%0%0%48°0%40800m
Unavailable0%0%0%54°0%41340m
Unavailable0%0%0%53°0%41960m
Unavailable0%0%0%48°0%42440m
Unavailable0%0%0%39°0%42940m
Unavailable0%0%0%28°0%43440m
Unavailable0%0%0%15°0%43800m
Unavailable0%0%0%3°0%43860m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-10°0%43480m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-23°0%42780m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-36°0%42340m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-48°0%42000m
NightUnavailable27%0%0%-59°27%41100m
Sat, Oct 10, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable100%3%0%-66°100%40360m
NightUnavailable100%0%36%-66°100%40060m
NightUnavailable100%0%36%-58°100%39860m
NightUnavailable100%0%0%-47°100%39680m
NightUnavailable86%0%23%-35°93%39320m
NightUnavailable66%0%28%-22°83%39160m
NightUnavailable84%0%27%-9.1°92%39000m
Unavailable89%12%29%4°95%39040m
Unavailable100%34%5%17°100%38900m
Unavailable11%31%22%29°52%39200m
Unavailable57%6%37%39°81%39600m
Unavailable100%0%47%48°100%40360m
Unavailable23%3%45%53°60%40860m
Unavailable16%0%43%53°51%41460m
Unavailable100%0%56%47°100%42100m
Unavailable74%0%53%38°91%42720m
Unavailable100%0%61%27°100%42960m
Unavailable100%0%57%15°100%43060m
Unavailable5%0%57%2.7°60%43060m
NightUnavailable12%0%46%-11°50%42640m
NightUnavailable57%0%51%-24°83%41980m
NightUnavailable100%0%45%-36°100%41820m
NightUnavailable79%0%48%-49°90%41800m
NightUnavailable58%0%50%-59°80%41780m
Sun, Oct 11, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable37%0%53%-66°70%41760m
NightUnavailable50%0%49%-66°77%41460m

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Painted Sky conditions across Jordan. The requirements and hourly values above show how those signals apply at Aqaba.

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Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days
0
recorded matching windows
Last 90 days
0
recorded matching windows
Last 365 days
2
recorded matching windows · 77% average confidence

Only 2 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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