Whitstable - Blue Hour - London & Southeast England
When city lights balance with the deep blue twilight sky
No Blue Hour opportunities in the next 14 days
Tip: Scroll down to the 72-hour table to see exactly which condition fails hour by hour.
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What this forecast looks for
Plain-language explanation from the ruleThis forecast predicts optimal blue hour conditions for London's world-class urban skyline and Southeast England's coastal scenes. We track civil twilight timing, cloud cover, and atmospheric clarity to identify when the deep blue sky will complement city lights and landmarks.
London offers some of Europe's finest blue hour photography—the contrast between modern glass towers like the Shard and historic landmarks like Tower Bridge creates visual tension that works brilliantly during twilight. Southeast coastal towns like Brighton and Whitstable add maritime character with piers and harbors lit up against twilight skies.
What makes London and Southeast blue hour exceptional:
- Iconic skyline - The Shard, Gherkin, Walkie Talkie, and Tower Bridge combine ancient and modern architecture
- Thames reflections - River mirrors the illuminated skyline creating double-exposure compositions
- Brighton Pier - Historic Victorian pier lit up against Channel twilight creates classic blue hour scene
- Whitstable harbour - Working harbor with boats, oyster shacks, and maritime character at dusk
Best conditions occur during clear or partly cloudy evenings when city lights shine bright against deep blue sky. Winter blue hour happens at convenient times (4-5pm), while summer requires late evening shooting (9-10pm). Popular viewpoints include Waterloo Bridge, Tower Bridge walkway, and South Bank.
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72-hour requirements breakdown
What passed or failed, hour by hourTime Europe/London | Blue Hour Any | Blue Hour Quality ≥ 65.0% | Precipitation Chance ≤ 15.0% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, Feb 22 | |||
| 01:00 | ✕ | 2.8% | 87% |
| 02:00 | ✕ | 2.4% | 91% |
| 03:00 | ✕ | 3.9% | 95% |
| 04:00 | ✕ | 2.4% | 96% |
| 05:00 | ✕ | 1.5% | 97% |
| 06:00 | ✓ | 8% | 98% |
| 07:00 | ✕ | 0.8% | 85% |
| 08:00 | ✕ | 0.8% | 77% |
| 09:00 | ✕ | 0.6% | 69% |
| 10:00 | ✕ | 0.8% | 73% |
| 11:00 | ✕ | 0.6% | 78% |
| 12:00 | ✕ | 1% | 83% |
| 13:00 | ✕ | 1% | 49% |
| 14:00 | ✕ | 1% | 33% |
| 15:00 | ✕ | 1% | 16% |
| 16:00 | ✕ | 1% | 24% |
| 17:00 | ✓ | 45% | 31% |
| 18:00 | ✕ | 25% | 39% |
| 19:00 | ✕ | 2.8% | 0% |
| 20:00 | ✕ | 2.8% | 0% |
| 21:00 | ✕ | 2.8% | 0% |
| 22:00 | ✕ | 2.8% | 0% |
| 23:00 | ✕ | 4.7% | 0% |
| Mon, Feb 23 | |||
| 24:00 | ✕ | 7.4% | 0% |
| 01:00 | ✕ | 5.7% | 1.1% |
| 02:00 | ✕ | 3% | 2.3% |
| 03:00 | ✕ | 3.6% | 3.4% |
| 04:00 | ✕ | 3.7% | 15% |
| 05:00 | ✕ | 3.2% | 27% |
| 06:00 | ✓ | 38% | 39% |
| 07:00 | ✕ | 1.7% | 45% |
| 08:00 | ✕ | 2% | 50% |
| 09:00 | ✕ | 1.5% | 56% |
| 10:00 | ✕ | 1% | 59% |
| 11:00 | ✕ | 1.2% | 62% |
| 12:00 | ✕ | 1.2% | 64% |
| 13:00 | ✕ | 1.2% | 67% |
| 14:00 | ✕ | 1.2% | 69% |
| 15:00 | ✕ | 1% | 72% |
| 16:00 | ✕ | 0.6% | 76% |
| 17:00 | ✓ | 15% | 80% |
| 18:00 | ✕ | 22% | 85% |
| 19:00 | ✕ | 1.3% | 73% |
| 20:00 | ✕ | 2.8% | 62% |
| 21:00 | ✕ | 2.8% | 50% |
| 22:00 | ✕ | 2.8% | 42% |
| 23:00 | ✕ | 3.2% | 34% |
| Tue, Feb 24 | |||
| 24:00 | ✕ | 3.2% | 26% |
| 01:00 | ✕ | 3.3% | 17% |
| 02:00 | ✕ | 3.3% | 8.7% |
| 03:00 | ✕ | 6.7% | 0% |
| 04:00 | ✕ | 6.4% | 13% |
| 05:00 | ✕ | 7.9% | 26% |
| 06:00 | ✓ | 29% | 39% |
| 07:00 | ✕ | 0.3% | 26% |
| 08:00 | ✕ | 1.1% | 13% |
| 09:00 | ✕ | 1.1% | 0% |
| 10:00 | ✕ | 1.1% | 0% |
| 11:00 | ✕ | 1% | 0% |
| 12:00 | ✕ | 1.9% | 0% |
| 13:00 | ✕ | 2.7% | 0% |
| 14:00 | ✕ | 3.2% | 0% |
| 15:00 | ✕ | 3.2% | 0% |
| 16:00 | ✕ | 3.1% | 0% |
| 17:00 | ✓ | 62% | 0% |
| 18:00 | ✓ | 65% | 0% |
| 19:00 | ✕ | 8.4% | 0% |
| 20:00 | ✕ | 8.5% | 0% |
| 21:00 | ✕ | 9.7% | 0% |
| 22:00 | ✕ | 9.2% | 0% |
| 23:00 | ✕ | 9.2% | 0% |
| Wed, Feb 25 | |||
| 24:00 | ✕ | 9.2% | 0% |
| 01:00 | ✕ | 9.8% | 0% |
| 02:00 | ✕ | 10% | 0% |
| 03:00 | ✕ | 10% | 0% |
| 04:00 | ✕ | 10% | 0% |
| 05:00 | ✕ | 9.6% | 0% |
| 06:00 | ✓ | 64% | 0% |
| 07:00 | ✕ | 3.2% | 0% |
| 08:00 | ✕ | 3.2% | 0% |
| 09:00 | ✕ | 3.4% | 0% |
| 10:00 | ✕ | 3.2% | 0% |
| 11:00 | ✕ | 3.2% | 0% |
| 12:00 | ✕ | 3.2% | 0% |
| 13:00 | ✕ | 3.3% | 0% |
| 14:00 | ✕ | 2.8% | 0% |
| 15:00 | ✕ | 2.3% | 0% |
| 16:00 | ✕ | 2.7% | 0% |
| 17:00 | ✓ | 63% | 0% |
| 18:00 | ✓ | 52% | 0% |
| 19:00 | ✕ | 7.7% | 1.2% |
| 20:00 | ✕ | 9% | 2.3% |
| 21:00 | ✕ | 9.3% | 3.5% |
| 22:00 | ✕ | 5.6% | 2.3% |
| 23:00 | ✕ | 3.1% | 1.2% |
What does Blue Hour Quality 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/London | Blue Hour | High Clouds % | Low Clouds % | Mid-Level Clouds % | Relative Humidity % | Solar Elevation ° | Total Cloud Coverage % | Visibility m | Wind Speed m/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Feb 23
Sunrise 06:53
Sunset 17:25 | |||||||||
| 02:00 ☾ | - | 69% | 98% | 5% | 90% | -43° | 99% | 24135m | 6.5m/s |
| 03:00 ☾ | - | 89% | 92% | 2% | 81% | -36° | 94% | 24134m | 7.5m/s |
| 04:00 ☾ | - | 54% | 82% | 0% | 83% | -28° | 82% | 24134m | 7.5m/s |
| 05:00 ☾ | - | 100% | 100% | 0% | 79% | -18° | 100% | 24134m | 8.3m/s |
| 06:00 ☾ | - | 100% | 3% | 0% | 83% | -9.1° | 100% | 24135m | 7.1m/s |
| 07:00 | - | 100% | 5% | 0% | 91% | 0.59° | 100% | 24134m | 6.9m/s |
| 08:00 | - | 100% | 5% | 92% | 90% | 8.9° | 100% | 24135m | 6.6m/s |
| 09:00 | - | 100% | 39% | 55% | 88% | 17° | 100% | 24135m | 7.7m/s |
| 10:00 | - | 99% | 37% | 100% | 85% | 23° | 100% | 24135m | 7.6m/s |
| 11:00 | - | 100% | 19% | 100% | 81% | 27° | 100% | 24135m | 7.8m/s |
| 12:00 | - | 100% | 42% | 100% | 80% | 29° | 100% | 24135m | 7.6m/s |
| 13:00 | - | 100% | 100% | 100% | 79% | 28° | 100% | 24096m | 7.5m/s |
| 14:00 | - | 57% | 100% | 95% | 81% | 24° | 100% | 20011m | 7.5m/s |
| 15:00 | - | 98% | 100% | 100% | 89% | 19° | 100% | 24135m | 6.9m/s |
| 16:00 | - | 50% | 100% | 100% | 89% | 11° | 100% | 10233m | 6.8m/s |
| 17:00 | - | 62% | 100% | 62% | 93% | 3.2° | 100% | 12223m | 4.8m/s |
| 18:00 ☾ | - | 96% | 100% | 87% | 97% | -6° | 100% | 23937m | 3.4m/s |
| 19:00 ☾ | - | 58% | 100% | 100% | 98% | -15° | 100% | 1738m | 5.1m/s |
| 20:00 ☾ | - | 97% | 98% | 83% | 96% | -25° | 100% | 24134m | 6.8m/s |
| 21:00 ☾ | - | 34% | 97% | 76% | 95% | -33° | 97% | 24134m | 6.9m/s |
| 22:00 ☾ | - | 5% | 100% | 87% | 94% | -41° | 100% | 24135m | 6m/s |
| 23:00 ☾ | - | 10% | 100% | 85% | 94% | -46° | 100% | 24135m | 5.6m/s |
| Tue, Feb 24
Sunrise 06:51
Sunset 17:27 | |||||||||
| 24:00 ☾ | - | 28% | 99% | 67% | 96% | -48° | 99% | 24134m | 5.7m/s |
| 01:00 ☾ | - | 5% | 100% | 5% | 96% | -47° | 100% | 21559m | 5.6m/s |
| 02:00 ☾ | - | 24% | 100% | 5% | 97% | -42° | 100% | 24134m | 5.4m/s |
| 03:00 ☾ | - | 23% | 28% | 0% | 96% | -36° | 31% | 24134m | 4.9m/s |
| 04:00 ☾ | - | 20% | 33% | 0% | 97% | -27° | 33% | 24135m | 4.7m/s |
| 05:00 ☾ | - | 7% | 17% | 0% | 96% | -18° | 17% | 24135m | 5.3m/s |
| 06:00 ☾ | - | 68% | 40% | 0% | 97% | -8.7° | 68% | 15403m | 5.3m/s |
| 07:00 | - | 12% | 89% | 0% | 98% | 0.86° | 89% | 926m | 5.4m/s |
| 08:00 | - | 5% | 96% | 0% | 95% | 9.2° | 96% | 24135m | 5.6m/s |
| 09:00 | - | 35% | 100% | 0% | 92% | 17° | 100% | 24135m | 5.7m/s |
| 10:00 | - | 16% | 98% | 0% | 89% | 23° | 98% | 24134m | 5.9m/s |
| 11:00 | - | 5% | 88% | 0% | 85% | 27° | 88% | 24135m | 6.5m/s |
| 12:00 | - | 5% | 46% | 0% | 82% | 29° | 46% | 24135m | 6.7m/s |
| 13:00 | - | 5% | 9% | 0% | 80% | 28° | 9% | 24135m | 7.1m/s |
| 14:00 | - | 5% | 0% | 0% | 80% | 25° | 5% | 24135m | 6.9m/s |
| 15:00 | - | 5% | 0% | 0% | 83% | 19° | 5% | 24134m | 6.3m/s |
| 16:00 | - | 5% | 0% | 0% | 87% | 12° | 5% | 24134m | 5.4m/s |
| 17:00 | - | 5% | 0% | 0% | 91% | 3.5° | 5% | 24134m | 4.1m/s |
| 18:00 ☾ | - | 5% | 0% | 0% | 94% | -5.8° | 5% | 24134m | 3.1m/s |
| 19:00 ☾ | - | 6% | 0% | 0% | 93% | -15° | 6% | 24135m | 3m/s |
| 20:00 ☾ | - | 31% | 0% | 0% | 93% | -24° | 31% | 24135m | 3.3m/s |
| 21:00 ☾ | - | 5% | 0% | 0% | 93% | -33° | 5% | 24134m | 3.6m/s |
| 22:00 ☾ | - | 5% | 0% | 0% | 92% | -40° | 5% | 24134m | 4.2m/s |
| 23:00 ☾ | - | 5% | 0% | 0% | 91% | -45° | 5% | 24135m | 4.6m/s |
| Wed, Feb 25
Sunrise 06:49
Sunset 17:28 | |||||||||
| 24:00 ☾ | - | 5% | 0% | 0% | 92% | -48° | 5% | 24134m | 4.2m/s |
| 01:00 ☾ | - | 3% | 0% | 0% | 94% | -47° | 3% | 24135m | 3.3m/s |
| 02:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 0% | 0% | 94% | -42° | 0% | 24135m | 3.3m/s |
| 03:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 0% | 0% | 95% | -35° | 0% | 24134m | 3.6m/s |
| 04:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 0% | 0% | 95% | -27° | 0% | 24135m | 3.9m/s |
| 05:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 0% | 0% | 95% | -18° | 0% | 24134m | 4.3m/s |
| 06:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 0% | 0% | 95% | -8.4° | 0% | 24135m | 4.2m/s |
| 07:00 | - | 0% | 0% | 0% | 91% | 1.1° | 0% | 24135m | 4.3m/s |
| 08:00 | - | 0% | 0% | 0% | 87% | 9.6° | 0% | 24135m | 4.4m/s |
| 09:00 | - | 0% | 0% | 0% | 84% | 17° | 0% | 24135m | 4.5m/s |
| 10:00 | - | 0% | 0% | 0% | 86% | 24° | 0% | 24135m | 4.6m/s |
| 11:00 | - | 0% | 0% | 0% | 88% | 28° | 0% | 24135m | 4.6m/s |
| 12:00 | - | 0% | 0% | 0% | 89% | 30° | 0% | 24135m | 4.6m/s |
| 13:00 | - | 19% | 0% | 15% | 89% | 29° | 20% | 24135m | 4.5m/s |
| 14:00 | - | 38% | 0% | 30% | 89% | 25° | 40% | 24135m | 4.4m/s |
| 15:00 | - | 57% | 0% | 46% | 89% | 19° | 59% | 24135m | 4.3m/s |
| 16:00 | - | 40% | 4% | 35% | 89% | 12° | 44% | 24135m | 4.3m/s |
| 17:00 | - | 22% | 8% | 24% | 88% | 3.7° | 28% | 24135m | 4.3m/s |
| 18:00 ☾ | - | 5% | 13% | 13% | 88% | -5.5° | 13% | 24135m | 4.3m/s |
| 19:00 ☾ | - | 3% | 8% | 9% | 89% | -15° | 9% | 24135m | 5.3m/s |
| 20:00 ☾ | - | 2% | 4% | 5% | 90% | -24° | 5% | 24135m | 6.3m/s |
| 21:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 0% | 0% | 90% | -33° | 0% | 24135m | 7.2m/s |
| 22:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 33% | 0% | 89% | -40° | 34% | 24135m | 8.4m/s |
| 23:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 67% | 0% | 88% | -45° | 67% | 24135m | 9.6m/s |
| Thu, Feb 26
Sunrise 06:47
Sunset 17:30 | |||||||||
| 24:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 100% | 0% | 86% | -47° | 100% | 24135m | 11m/s |
| 01:00 ☾ | - | 14% | 100% | 1% | 86% | -46° | 100% | 24135m | 11m/s |
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