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Painted Sky Forecast for Essaouira, Morocco

Essaouira, Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco

Essaouira's blue fishing boats cluster below heavy stone ramparts. Harbour walls, gulls, and white medina blocks divide the working waterfront into distinct coastal layers.

1 matching opportunities in the 14-day forecast.

Hourly forecast scores

Forecast valid from Oct 6, 2026, 6:00 PM UTC (one hour; not an observation)
Low Cloud Cover0%
Mid Cloud Cover27%
High Cloud Cover69%
Sun Elevation3.2°

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Africa/Casablanca
golden-clouds weather icon
First upcoming window
Excellent Painted Sky at Sunrise
Essaouira
Sat, Oct 10 · 07:23–08:00 · 1h window
Medium confidence
64%
🌤️Painted Sky Potential84.9%
Low Cloud Cover: 22%
Mid Cloud Cover: 42%
High Cloud Cover: 0%
Sun Elevation: -9.0° (Nautical twilight)

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 Africa/Casablanca.

Most common blockers

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

  • Painted Sky Potential100% of hours
  • Golden Hour83% of hours
  • Precipitation Chance15% of hours
0matching hours in the displayed 72-hour forecast
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Africa/Casablanca
Golden Hour
Any
Painted Sky Potential
≥ 80.0%
Wind Speed
≤ 6.0m/s
Precipitation Chance
≤ 10.0%
Tue, Oct 6
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 64%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 60%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 31%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 32%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Wed, Oct 7
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 31%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 37%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 31%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 19%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 32%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 53%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 20%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 20%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 35%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 40%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 27%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 27%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 31%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Thu, Oct 8
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 31%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.78m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.57m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 37%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.61m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 5%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 40%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.78m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 5%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.58m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.94m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 5%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 29%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 5%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 27%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 32%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 27%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 66%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 61%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 5%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 9%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 15%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 18%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 18%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 16%. Misses requirement
Fri, Oct 9
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.73m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 12%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.42m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 8%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.81m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 6%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 8.7%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 4%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 5.2%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 5%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 7%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 12%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 13%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 21%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 29%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 28%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 66%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 30%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 15%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.67m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 28%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 13%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.71m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 25%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 13%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 11%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 14%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 6%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 11%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 9.4%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 1%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 14%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 8.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 14%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 74%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. 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 (Africa/Casablanca)Golden HourHigh CloudsLow CloudsMid-Level CloudsSolar ElevationTotal Cloud CoverageVisibility
Tue, Oct 6, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
Unavailable69%0%27%3.2°85%24600m
NightUnavailable17%0%40%-9.8°51%21580m
NightUnavailable0%5%62%-23°66%20480m
NightUnavailable0%0%40%-35°40%21680m
NightUnavailable0%23%6%-47°24%17860m
Wed, Oct 7, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%44%9%-57°51%7140m
NightUnavailable0%44%0%-63°44%4260m
NightUnavailable0%42%0%-63°42%4240m
NightUnavailable0%37%0%-56°37%18520m
NightUnavailable0%5%0%-46°5%18220m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-34°0%16060m
NightUnavailable0%0%17%-21°17%14300m
NightUnavailable0%0%7%-8.6°7%14580m
Unavailable0%0%18%4.3°18%14540m
Unavailable0%0%0%17°0%21280m
Unavailable0%0%0%28°0%28880m
Unavailable0%8%7%39°15%31520m
Unavailable0%3%21%48°24%32440m
Unavailable0%0%25%52°25%35000m
Unavailable0%0%32%52°32%34820m
Unavailable0%0%37%47°37%32700m
Unavailable0%0%30%38°30%31700m
Unavailable0%0%5%27°5%30740m
Unavailable0%0%0%15°0%30700m
Unavailable0%6%4%2.9°10%27040m
NightUnavailable0%29%7%-10°36%24620m
NightUnavailable0%44%0%-23°44%20460m
NightUnavailable0%48%15%-35°57%19840m
NightUnavailable0%33%36%-47°52%21900m
Thu, Oct 8, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%0%60%-57°60%20200m
NightUnavailable0%53%43%-64°75%19420m
NightUnavailable0%46%40%-63°68%17180m
NightUnavailable0%37%0%-56°37%13860m
NightUnavailable0%39%0%-46°39%9260m
NightUnavailable0%53%0%-34°53%7080m
NightUnavailable0%72%0%-22°72%3480m
NightUnavailable8%82%0%-8.7°82%3180m
Unavailable4%79%0%4.1°79%2540m
Unavailable13%71%0%16°72%11920m
Unavailable7%48%0%28°48%23460m
Unavailable0%43%0%39°43%32280m
Unavailable0%39%0%47°39%31400m
Unavailable0%28%0%52°28%30640m
Unavailable0%36%0%52°36%27960m
Unavailable0%43%0%46°43%26820m
Unavailable0%39%0%38°39%28400m
Unavailable0%48%0%27°48%26060m
Unavailable0%52%0%15°52%25780m
Unavailable0%59%0%2.7°59%25920m
NightUnavailable0%41%0%-10°41%22120m
NightUnavailable0%28%0%-23°28%21000m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-36°0%17340m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-47°0%18180m
Fri, Oct 9, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-58°0%19960m
NightUnavailable22%0%0%-64°22%18500m
NightUnavailable27%0%0%-63°27%16340m
NightUnavailable100%45%35%-57°100%4800m
NightUnavailable100%33%0%-46°100%10420m
NightUnavailable65%52%0%-34°84%13960m
NightUnavailable6%44%0%-22°45%15580m
NightUnavailable100%37%0%-8.9°100%14840m
Unavailable7%55%0%4°56%15660m
Unavailable17%37%0%16°47%20400m
Unavailable0%49%0%28°49%26140m
Unavailable0%54%0%39°54%33100m
Unavailable5%42%0%47°43%33040m
Unavailable47%29%0%52°69%32900m
Unavailable7%38%65%51°81%28820m
Unavailable9%33%13%46°50%30260m
Unavailable100%33%18%37°100%30720m
Unavailable0%45%0%27°45%30860m
Unavailable0%43%0%15°43%26760m

How this forecast is evaluated

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

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Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days
1
recorded matching window · 79% average confidence
Last 90 days
2
recorded matching windows · 73% average confidence
Last 365 days
3
recorded matching windows · 71% average confidence

Only 3 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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