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Rule Golden Hour

Golden Hour Forecast for Pico do Arieiro, Madeira

Funchal, Madeira, Portugal

High ridges radiate from Pico do Arieiro above deeply cut volcanic valleys. Jagged summits and stair-like trails create strong diagonals from the elevated viewpoints, especially when cloud separates the ridge levels.

Currently

Real-time conditions
Low Cloud Cover92%
Mid Cloud Cover41%
High Cloud Cover1%
Sun Elevation-38.6° (Astronomical night)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Atlantic/Madeira
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Next opportunity
Excellent Golden Hour (calm) at Sunrise
Pico do Arieiro
Today · 08:00–08:09 · 1h window
Medium confidence
65%
🌇Golden Hour Potential84.8%
Low Cloud Cover: 31%
Mid Cloud Cover: 0%
High Cloud Cover: 0%
Sun Elevation: 4.2° (Golden hour)
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunset
Pico do Arieiro
Tue, Aug 25 · 20:08–20:57
🌇Golden Hour Potential:96.1%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Pico do Arieiro
Thu, Aug 27 · 07:23–08:11
🌇Golden Hour Potential:100%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunset
Pico do Arieiro
Thu, Aug 27 · 20:06–20:54
🌇Golden Hour Potential:100%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunset
Pico do Arieiro
Sat, Aug 29 · 20:04–20:52
🌇Golden Hour Potential:98.1%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Pico do Arieiro
Sun, Aug 30 · 07:25–08:13
🌇Golden Hour Potential:100%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Pico do Arieiro
Sun, Aug 30 · 20:02–20:50
🌇Golden Hour Potential:99.1%
Medium
+2 more windows in the next 14 days

How this forecast is evaluated

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

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Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days
31
recorded matching windows · 69% average confidence
Last 90 days
108
recorded matching windows · 70% average confidence
Last 365 days
155
recorded matching windows · 70% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

20:00 local time, shared by 38 of 155 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

July, with 39 of 155 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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92-hour requirements breakdown

When available, the detailed table below covers only the stated 92-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
4matching hours in the next 92 hoursJump to next match
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Atlantic/Madeira
Golden Hour
Any
Golden Hour Potential
≥ 80.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 5.0%
Visibility
≥ 1000.0m
Sat, Aug 22
06:0023%0%24134m
07:0092%0%22547m
08:0085%0%5156m
09:0022%0%858m
10:0023%0%24135m
11:0024%0%24134m
12:0023%0%24134m
13:0019%0%24134m
14:0022%1.6%24135m
15:0022%0%1986m
16:0022%0%1914m
17:0022%13%2079m
18:0022%26%24134m
19:0019%39%24134m
20:0086%57%24134m
21:0086%82%24135m
22:0014%82%23059m
23:0017%82%22526m
Sun, Aug 23
24:0011%82%2074m
01:0013%82%223m
02:0017%55%1316m
03:0020%27%72m
04:0015%0%72m
05:0013%0%108m
06:0013%0%358m
07:0074%0%6178m
08:0085%0%24135m
09:0017%0%24134m
10:0023%0%24134m
11:0026%0%24135m
12:0026%0%24134m
13:0026%0%24135m
14:0027%0%24134m
15:0024%0%24135m
16:0024%0%24134m
17:0023%0%24135m
18:0023%0%23932m
19:0021%0%24102m
20:0076%0%24134m
21:0042%0%24134m
22:0021%0%24134m
23:0021%13%24134m
Mon, Aug 24
24:0021%26%3666m
01:0024%39%4088m
02:0023%31%24134m
03:0023%23%24135m
04:0023%15%5463m
05:0023%23%23918m
06:0023%31%425m
07:0074%39%425m
08:0075%26%1561m
09:0026%13%523m
10:0026%0%24134m
11:0021%0%24135m
12:0021%0%24135m
13:0023%0%17261m
14:0024%0%23858m
15:0021%0%23692m
16:0018%0%23548m
17:0015%13%23450m
18:0020%26%1180m
19:0020%39%320m
20:0053%26%220m
21:0030%13%2131m
22:0021%0%24134m
23:0021%13%18525m
Tue, Aug 25
24:0021%26%24135m
01:0026%39%24135m
02:0022%26%23062m
03:0025%13%350m
04:0022%0%285m
05:0022%13%24135m
06:0022%26%24135m
07:0092%39%24134m
08:0092%26%24134m
09:0023%13%24135m
10:0027%0%24135m
11:0024%0%24135m
12:0026%0%24135m
13:0026%0%24135m
14:000%0%24135m
15:000%0%24135m
16:000%0%24135m
17:000%0%24135m
18:000%0%24135m
19:000%0%24135m
20:0096%0%24135m
21:0027%0%24135m
22:000%0%24135m
23:000%0%24135m
Wed, Aug 26
24:000%0%24135m
01:000%0%24135m
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
Atlantic/Madeira
Golden Hour
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
Relative Humidity
%
Solar Elevation
°
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Wind Speed
m/s
Sun, Aug 23 Sunrise 07:36 Sunset 20:43
04:00
- 1% 92% 41% 98% -39° 92% 2.1m/s
05:00
- 0% 92% 0% 97% -30° 92% 2.2m/s
06:00
- 0% 59% 0% 96% -20° 59% 2m/s
07:00
- 0% 38% 0% 96% -8.1° 38% 1.9m/s
08:00
- 0% 31% 0% 96% 4.2° 31% 1.9m/s
09:00
- 0% 13% 0% 89% 17° 13% 2.5m/s
10:00
- 0% 0% 0% 73% 29° 0% 3m/s
11:00
- 0% 0% 0% 56% 42° 0% 2.5m/s
12:00
- 0% 0% 0% 45% 53° 0% 2.5m/s
13:00
- 0% 0% 0% 45% 63° 0% 2.9m/s
14:00
- 0% 1% 0% 47% 68° 1% 3.2m/s
15:00
- 0% 1% 0% 52% 66° 1% 2.8m/s
16:00
- 0% 15% 0% 56% 57° 15% 3.3m/s
17:00
- 0% 29% 0% 60% 46° 29% 2.8m/s
18:00
- 0% 26% 0% 68% 33° 26% 2.6m/s
19:00
- 0% 44% 0% 74% 21° 44% 2.6m/s
20:00
- 0% 62% 0% 80% 8.3° 62% 2.3m/s
21:00
- 0% 22% 0% 90% -4.1° 22% 2m/s
22:00
- 0% 27% 0% 94% -16° 27% 2.2m/s
23:00
- 0% 44% 0% 93% -27° 44% 2.1m/s
Mon, Aug 24 Sunrise 07:36 Sunset 20:43
24:00
- 0% 66% 0% 95% -36° 66% 2.1m/s
01:00
- 0% 30% 0% 94% -43° 30% 2.1m/s
02:00
- 0% 73% 0% 95% -46° 73% 2.4m/s
03:00
- 0% 95% 0% 91% -45° 95% 2.2m/s
04:00
- 0% 96% 0% 88% -39° 96% 2.1m/s
05:00
- 0% 21% 0% 90% -30° 21% 1.7m/s
06:00
- 5% 38% 0% 96% -20° 38% 1.7m/s
07:00
- 5% 50% 0% 97% -8.3° 50% 1.8m/s
08:00
- 5% 51% 0% 97% 51% 1.6m/s
09:00
- 3% 51% 0% 89% 16° 51% 1.5m/s
10:00
- 5% 24% 0% 77% 29° 24% 1.4m/s
11:00
- 5% 21% 0% 67% 41° 21% 1.1m/s
12:00
- 3% 72% 0% 62% 53° 72% 0.98m/s
13:00
- 5% 92% 0% 71% 63° 92% 1.1m/s
14:00
- 0% 91% 0% 82% 68° 91% 1.3m/s
15:00
- 0% 90% 0% 84% 65° 90% 1.6m/s
16:00
- 0% 94% 0% 81% 57° 94% 1.6m/s
17:00
- 0% 91% 0% 85% 45° 91% 1.4m/s
18:00
- 0% 86% 0% 88% 33° 86% 1.4m/s
19:00
- 0% 74% 0% 88% 21° 74% 1.4m/s
20:00
- 0% 75% 0% 92% 8.1° 75% 1.3m/s
21:00
- 0% 79% 0% 95% -4.3° 79% 1.3m/s
22:00
- 0% 58% 0% 95% -16° 58% 1m/s
23:00
- 0% 74% 0% 92% -27° 74% 0.91m/s
Tue, Aug 25 Sunrise 07:37 Sunset 20:42
24:00
- 0% 60% 0% 92% -37° 60% 0.8m/s
01:00
- 0% 44% 0% 94% -43° 44% 0.46m/s
02:00
- 0% 45% 0% 95% -46° 45% 0.51m/s
03:00
- 0% 46% 0% 95% -45° 46% 0.79m/s
04:00
- 0% 51% 0% 95% -39° 51% 0.93m/s
05:00
- 0% 66% 0% 94% -31° 66% 1.3m/s
06:00
- 0% 68% 0% 92% -20° 68% 1.4m/s
07:00
- 5% 17% 0% 88% -8.4° 17% 1.1m/s
08:00
- 5% 15% 0% 83% 3.9° 15% 3m/s
09:00
- 5% 13% 0% 79% 16° 13% 4.9m/s
10:00
- 5% 11% 0% 74% 29° 12% 6.8m/s
11:00
- 4% 9% 0% 74% 41° 9% 6.9m/s
12:00
- 2% 7% 0% 73% 53° 7% 6.9m/s
13:00
- 1% 4% 0% 73% 63° 5% 7m/s
14:00
- 1% 4% 0% 73% 68° 4% 6.7m/s
15:00
- 2% 4% 0% 73% 65° 4% 6.4m/s
16:00
- 2% 3% 0% 73% 56° 4% 6.1m/s
17:00
- 1% 3% 0% 72% 45° 3% 5.4m/s
18:00
- 1% 3% 0% 71% 33° 3% 4.6m/s
19:00
- 0% 3% 0% 70% 20° 3% 3.9m/s
20:00
- 0% 2% 0% 70% 7.8° 2% 4.1m/s
21:00
- 0% 1% 0% 69% -4.6° 1% 4.3m/s
22:00
- 0% 0% 0% 69% -16° 0% 4.4m/s
23:00
- 0% 0% 0% 70% -27° 0% 4.5m/s
Wed, Aug 26 Sunrise 07:38 Sunset 20:41
24:00
- 0% 0% 0% 71% -37° 0% 4.5m/s
01:00
- 0% 0% 0% 72% -44° 0% 4.6m/s
02:00
- 0% 0% 0% 73% -47° 0% 4.3m/s
03:00
- 0% 0% 0% 74% -45° 0% 4.1m/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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