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Rule Golden Hour

Sunrise at Meteora

Greece

That magical warm light just after sunrise or before sunset

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/Athens
Next opportunity
Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunset
Today · 17:00–17:45 · 1h window
High confidence
78%
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunset
Tomorrow · 17:00–17:46
Medium
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Tue, Jan 13 · 07:34–08:34
Medium
Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunrise
Wed, Jan 14 · 08:00–08:33
Medium
Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunrise
Thu, Jan 15 · 07:34–08:33
Low

What this forecast looks for

Plain-language explanation from the rule

Golden Hour conditions for warm, magical light photography:

  • Solar Elevation: The sun position that creates golden light
  • Cloud Cover: Some clouds can enhance the colors
  • Visibility: Good visibility for landscape photography
  • Precipitation: Dry conditions preferred

The golden hour potential score combines atmospheric conditions for optimal warm light.

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
3matching hours in the next 72 hoursJump to next match
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/Athens
Golden Hour
Any
Golden Hour Potential
≥ 85.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 5.0%
Visibility
≥ 12000.0m
Fri, Jan 9
08:00100%0%68260m
09:0034%0%69720m
10:0032%0%74020m
11:0025%0%74840m
12:0034%0%75020m
13:0030%3%75760m
14:0027%20%74540m
15:0027%5%73000m
16:0025%0%71680m
17:0091%0%70680m
18:00100%0%69620m
19:0064%0%59980m
20:0057%0%50860m
21:0068%0%39760m
22:0073%3%51000m
23:0083%3%42340m
Sat, Jan 10
24:0060%5%28660m
01:0062%18%37740m
02:0055%35%30300m
03:0081%45%18400m
04:0040%58%17520m
05:0034%68%12760m
06:0034%80%10440m
07:0027%78%6940m
08:0036%87%8140m
09:008.8%78%3480m
10:0016%88%16760m
11:0017%98%21140m
12:0016%83%15360m
13:0018%73%25060m
14:0020%58%64780m
15:0032%38%71740m
16:0031%30%71940m
17:0099%5%71400m
18:0092%8%72220m
19:0095%18%72600m
20:0094%13%71900m
21:0063%3%69660m
22:0095%0%75700m
23:0062%8%75600m
Sun, Jan 11
24:0064%3%75880m
01:0058%0%73820m
02:0060%0%52660m
03:0058%0%55140m
04:0057%2%50320m
05:0053%3%32880m
06:0048%4%22760m
07:0052%5%21020m
08:0062%5%20600m
09:0029%5%24340m
10:0024%5%41000m
11:0024%5%66820m
12:0022%4%70800m
13:0020%3%70800m
14:0019%3%52800m
15:0019%4%66200m
16:0020%4%58840m
17:0038%5%49260m
18:0058%5%58680m
19:0055%4%64400m
20:0068%3%64280m
21:0085%3%63100m
22:0085%3%60180m
23:0086%3%56500m
Mon, Jan 12
24:0087%3%50220m
01:0083%3%48680m
02:0088%3%54380m
03:0086%3%55880m
04:0096%2%57660m
05:0095%2%63180m
06:0071%1%67740m
07:0063%0%70180m
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
Europe/Athens
Golden Hour
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
Relative Humidity
%
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Wind Speed
m/s
Fri, Jan 9 Sunrise 07:54 Sunset 17:26
09:00
- 7% 0% 3% 58% 9% 2.2m/s
10:00
- 25% 0% 31% 52% 48% 1.9m/s
11:00
- 46% 0% 28% 49% 66% 1.5m/s
12:00
- 0% 0% 31% 49% 31% 1.3m/s
13:00
- 0% 27% 41% 46% 50% 0.72m/s
14:00
- 0% 43% 48% 50% 61% 0.2m/s
15:00
- 0% 36% 48% 53% 61% 0.22m/s
16:00
- 0% 40% 57% 55% 73% 0.81m/s
17:00
- 0% 45% 36% 59% 53% 0.32m/s
18:00
- 0% 29% 26% 61% 37% 0.89m/s
19:00
- 0% 66% 59% 68% 75% 0.85m/s
20:00
- 0% 62% 75% 73% 82% 1.3m/s
21:00
- 0% 34% 54% 78% 66% 1m/s
22:00
- 0% 51% 56% 73% 64% 1m/s
23:00
- 0% 33% 35% 77% 40% 2m/s
Sat, Jan 10 Sunrise 07:54 Sunset 17:26
24:00
- 53% 11% 15% 83% 72% 1.8m/s
01:00
- 14% 4% 73% 80% 76% 1.8m/s
02:00
- 13% 4% 95% 83% 96% 1.8m/s
03:00
- 0% 5% 40% 88% 44% 2.2m/s
04:00
- 100% 37% 93% 88% 100% 1.9m/s
05:00
- 100% 53% 100% 91% 100% 1.8m/s
06:00
- 100% 58% 100% 92% 100% 1.6m/s
07:00
- 100% 52% 100% 94% 100% 2m/s
08:00
- 100% 39% 73% 93% 100% 1.6m/s
09:00
- 100% 54% 68% 95% 100% 0.82m/s
10:00
- 57% 31% 90% 89% 95% 1.9m/s
11:00
- 3% 49% 89% 86% 95% 1.7m/s
12:00
- 0% 48% 78% 87% 89% 1.9m/s
13:00
- 0% 48% 83% 83% 91% 0.57m/s
14:00
- 0% 34% 74% 62% 82% 5m/s
15:00
- 0% 0% 25% 54% 25% 6.4m/s
16:00
- 0% 10% 27% 54% 33% 6.5m/s
17:00
- 0% 0% 18% 54% 18% 6.1m/s
18:00
- 0% 0% 0% 54% 0% 4.7m/s
19:00
- 0% 0% 20% 54% 20% 4.1m/s
20:00
- 0% 0% 17% 55% 17% 3.7m/s
21:00
- 0% 0% 99% 59% 99% 2.6m/s
22:00
- 0% 0% 15% 49% 15% 2.3m/s
23:00
- 0% 0% 100% 49% 100% 1.6m/s
Sun, Jan 11 Sunrise 07:54 Sunset 17:27
24:00
- 8% 0% 100% 49% 100% 0.36m/s
01:00
- 80% 0% 100% 56% 100% 1.5m/s
02:00
- 0% 0% 100% 72% 100% 1.8m/s
03:00
- 3% 23% 100% 71% 100% 1.2m/s
04:00
- 0% 23% 100% 74% 100% 1.2m/s
05:00
- 0% 30% 100% 81% 100% 1.4m/s
06:00
- 0% 25% 100% 85% 100% 1.7m/s
07:00
- 0% 20% 100% 86% 100% 1.7m/s
08:00
- 0% 0% 100% 87% 100% 1.7m/s
09:00
- 0% 0% 10% 85% 10% 1.9m/s
10:00
- 0% 29% 49% 77% 60% 1.5m/s
11:00
- 9% 54% 54% 60% 72% 1.6m/s
12:00
- 9% 26% 70% 55% 82% 1.6m/s
13:00
- 4% 62% 96% 55% 99% 2.1m/s
14:00
- 23% 54% 99% 68% 100% 3.9m/s
15:00
- 0% 55% 90% 60% 96% 5.3m/s
16:00
- 0% 71% 23% 65% 81% 5.9m/s
17:00
- 0% 78% 68% 71% 89% 6.4m/s
18:00
- 0% 86% 72% 66% 94% 4.9m/s
19:00
- 0% 49% 91% 62% 95% 4.1m/s
20:00
- 0% 1% 70% 62% 70% 3.6m/s
21:00
- 0% 0% 0% 64% 0% 3.2m/s
22:00
- 0% 0% 0% 66% 0% 2.9m/s
23:00
- 0% 0% 0% 69% 0% 2.5m/s
Mon, Jan 12 Sunrise 07:54 Sunset 17:28
24:00
- 0% 5% 0% 73% 5% 2.2m/s
01:00
- 0% 3% 0% 74% 3% 2.1m/s
02:00
- 0% 5% 0% 70% 5% 2.1m/s
03:00
- 0% 2% 0% 69% 2% 2.2m/s
04:00
- 0% 25% 0% 68% 25% 2.2m/s
05:00
- 0% 42% 0% 63% 42% 2.5m/s
06:00
- 0% 69% 0% 59% 69% 2.4m/s
07:00
- 0% 100% 0% 57% 100% 2.3m/s
08:00
- 0% 100% 17% 54% 100% 3m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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