Rule Golden Hour

Golden Hour Forecast for Ouarzazate, Morocco

Ouarzazate, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco

Ouarzazate's earthen kasbahs rise against bare foothills and a dry high-desert landscape. Crenellated walls, palms, and riverbeds separate the architecture into warm-toned layers.

8 matching opportunities in the 14-day forecast.

Hourly forecast scores

Forecast valid from Oct 9, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC (one hour; not an observation)

Golden Hour Potential

Low Cloud Cover60%

Mid Cloud Cover47%

High Cloud Cover8%

Sun Elevation51.2°

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Africa/Casablanca

First upcoming window

Excellent Golden Hour at Sunset

Ouarzazate

Sat, Oct 10 · 19:00–19:17 · 1h window

Medium confidence

53%

🌇Golden Hour Potential83.6%

Low Cloud Cover: 0%

Mid Cloud Cover: 37%

High Cloud Cover: 0%

Sun Elevation: 0.1° (Golden hour)

Excellent Golden Hour (calm) at Sunrise

Ouarzazate

Sun, Oct 11 · 07:12–07:59

🌇Golden Hour Potential:80.8%

Medium

Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunset

Ouarzazate

Sun, Oct 11 · 18:29–19:00

🌇Golden Hour Potential:93.1%

Medium

Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunrise

Ouarzazate

Tue, Oct 13 · 07:13–08:00

🌇Golden Hour Potential:85.5-100%

Low

Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunrise

Ouarzazate

Wed, Oct 14 · 08:00–08:01

🌇Golden Hour Potential:97.3%

Medium

Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunrise

Ouarzazate

Thu, Oct 15 · 08:00–08:01

🌇Golden Hour Potential:100%

Medium

Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunrise

Ouarzazate

Sat, Oct 17 · 08:00–08:03

🌇Golden Hour Potential:100%

Low

+1 more windows in the next 14 days

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.

Requirements breakdown is temporarily unavailable or expired. This does not mean no opportunities.

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)	Diffuse Radiation	Direct Radiation	Golden Hour	High Clouds	Low Clouds	Mid-Level Clouds	Relative Humidity	Solar Elevation	Total Cloud Coverage	Wind Speed
Fri, Oct 9, 2026Sunrise 07:26 · Sunset 19:02
14:00	259W/m²	442W/m²	Unavailable	8%	60%	47%	56%	51°	70%	1.9m/s
15:00	253W/m²	329W/m²	Unavailable	12%	60%	62%	57%	45°	78%	2.9m/s
16:00	198W/m²	291W/m²	Unavailable	7%	42%	10%	54%	36°	49%	2.4m/s
17:00	134W/m²	304W/m²	Unavailable	7%	60%	7%	52%	25°	65%	2.3m/s
18:00	102W/m²	130W/m²	Unavailable	8%	62%	20%	52%	13°	72%	2.2m/s
19:00	38W/m²	16W/m²	Unavailable	99%	77%	26%	62%	0.33°	100%	3.2m/s
20:00 Night	0W/m²	0W/m²	Unavailable	0%	58%	31%	68%	-13°	69%	1.1m/s
21:00 Night	0W/m²	0W/m²	Unavailable	0%	42%	0%	71%	-26°	42%	0.5m/s
22:00 Night	0W/m²	0W/m²	Unavailable	0%	30%	0%	74%	-38°	30%	1.6m/s
23:00 Night	0W/m²	0W/m²	Unavailable	0%	24%	0%	79%	-50°	24%	2.1m/s
Sat, Oct 10, 2026Sunrise 07:26 · Sunset 19:01
24:00 Night	0W/m²	0W/m²	Unavailable	0%	40%	0%	80%	-60°	40%	1.4m/s
01:00 Night	0W/m²	0W/m²	Unavailable	0%	41%	38%	79%	-65°	53%	0.92m/s
02:00 Night	0W/m²	0W/m²	Unavailable	0%	37%	27%	80%	-63°	49%	0.89m/s
03:00 Night	0W/m²	0W/m²	Unavailable	0%	62%	58%	82%	-55°	67%	0.5m/s
04:00 Night	0W/m²	0W/m²	Unavailable	0%	63%	38%	83%	-44°	78%	0.5m/s
05:00 Night	0W/m²	0W/m²	Unavailable	0%	52%	33%	83%	-32°	63%	0.51m/s
06:00 Night	0W/m²	0W/m²	Unavailable	0%	36%	30%	85%	-19°	43%	0.36m/s
07:00 Night	0W/m²	0W/m²	Unavailable	0%	30%	0%	87%	-6.5°	30%	0.32m/s
08:00	11W/m²	5W/m²	Unavailable	0%	37%	0%	90%	6.3°	37%	0.71m/s
09:00	71W/m²	100W/m²	Unavailable	0%	22%	0%	84%	19°	22%	0.42m/s
10:00	108W/m²	279W/m²	Unavailable	0%	32%	0%	73%	30°	32%	0.71m/s
11:00	121W/m²	466W/m²	Unavailable	0%	0%	12%	60%	40°	12%	0.6m/s
12:00	105W/m²	629W/m²	Unavailable	0%	16%	0%	53%	48°	16%	0.72m/s
13:00	124W/m²	679W/m²	Unavailable	0%	46%	48%	45%	52°	73%	0.91m/s
14:00	194W/m²	494W/m²	Unavailable	0%	12%	78%	38%	51°	87%	1.8m/s
15:00	210W/m²	374W/m²	Unavailable	0%	40%	40%	36%	45°	64%	1.9m/s
16:00	163W/m²	398W/m²	Unavailable	0%	9%	56%	30%	35°	63%	1.1m/s
17:00	123W/m²	306W/m²	Unavailable	0%	0%	55%	27%	24°	55%	2.3m/s
18:00	88W/m²	177W/m²	Unavailable	0%	0%	79%	27%	12°	79%	2.4m/s
19:00	32W/m²	34W/m²	Unavailable	0%	0%	37%	37%	0.12°	37%	5.9m/s
20:00 Night	0W/m²	0W/m²	Unavailable	100%	0%	53%	41%	-13°	100%	4.4m/s
21:00 Night	0W/m²	0W/m²	Unavailable	100%	0%	27%	42%	-26°	100%	2.8m/s
22:00 Night	0W/m²	0W/m²	Unavailable	100%	0%	81%	44%	-39°	100%	0.67m/s
23:00 Night	0W/m²	0W/m²	Unavailable	100%	31%	75%	56%	-50°	100%	4.7m/s
Sun, Oct 11, 2026Sunrise 07:27 · Sunset 19:00
24:00 Night	0W/m²	0W/m²	Unavailable	100%	24%	71%	56%	-60°	100%	2.9m/s
01:00 Night	0W/m²	0W/m²	Unavailable	100%	18%	53%	59%	-66°	100%	2.9m/s
02:00 Night	0W/m²	0W/m²	Unavailable	54%	17%	59%	64%	-64°	87%	1.5m/s
03:00 Night	0W/m²	0W/m²	Unavailable	29%	0%	42%	67%	-56°	59%	0.28m/s
04:00 Night	0W/m²	0W/m²	Unavailable	6%	0%	29%	70%	-45°	30%	0.85m/s
05:00 Night	0W/m²	0W/m²	Unavailable	0%	0%	7%	73%	-32°	7%	0.73m/s
06:00 Night	0W/m²	0W/m²	Unavailable	0%	0%	0%	77%	-20°	0%	0.14m/s
07:00 Night	0W/m²	0W/m²	Unavailable	0%	0%	0%	78%	-6.6°	0%	0.63m/s
08:00	10W/m²	6W/m²	Unavailable	0%	0%	31%	81%	6.2°	31%	0.91m/s
09:00	62W/m²	105W/m²	Unavailable	0%	0%	45%	79%	18°	45%	0.58m/s
10:00	128W/m²	212W/m²	Unavailable	0%	0%	53%	65%	30°	53%	0.72m/s
11:00	179W/m²	310W/m²	Unavailable	0%	0%	58%	56%	40°	58%	0.76m/s
12:00	222W/m²	405W/m²	Unavailable	0%	0%	46%	46%	48°	46%	0.54m/s
13:00	146W/m²	655W/m²	Unavailable	0%	0%	9%	39%	52°	9%	0.86m/s
14:00	89W/m²	754W/m²	Unavailable	0%	0%	0%	33%	50°	0%	0.45m/s
15:00	87W/m²	694W/m²	Unavailable	0%	0%	0%	29%	44°	0%	0.1m/s
16:00	82W/m²	578W/m²	Unavailable	0%	0%	0%	27%	35°	0%	0.41m/s
17:00	84W/m²	387W/m²	Unavailable	0%	0%	41%	26%	24°	41%	0.64m/s
18:00	78W/m²	167W/m²	Unavailable	16%	0%	43%	27%	12°	48%	1.1m/s
19:00	31W/m²	29W/m²	Unavailable	3%	0%	79%	30%	-0.19°	80%	2.6m/s
20:00 Night	0W/m²	0W/m²	Unavailable	31%	0%	64%	39%	-13°	65%	3.9m/s
21:00 Night	0W/m²	0W/m²	Unavailable	8%	0%	47%	43%	-26°	48%	1.7m/s
22:00 Night	0W/m²	0W/m²	Unavailable	0%	0%	47%	45%	-39°	47%	1.3m/s
23:00 Night	0W/m²	0W/m²	Unavailable	0%	0%	45%	51%	-51°	45%	0.7m/s
Mon, Oct 12, 2026Sunrise 07:28 · Sunset 18:59
24:00 Night	0W/m²	0W/m²	Unavailable	0%	34%	52%	56%	-61°	63%	0.58m/s
01:00 Night	0W/m²	0W/m²	Unavailable	0%	25%	52%	60%	-66°	63%	0.78m/s
02:00 Night	0W/m²	0W/m²	Unavailable	0%	22%	57%	60%	-64°	69%	0.91m/s
03:00 Night	0W/m²	0W/m²	Unavailable	0%	37%	56%	60%	-56°	67%	0.85m/s
04:00 Night	0W/m²	0W/m²	Unavailable	0%	13%	54%	62%	-45°	63%	0.73m/s
05:00 Night	0W/m²	0W/m²	Unavailable	5%	33%	52%	63%	-32°	63%	0.72m/s
06:00 Night	0W/m²	0W/m²	Unavailable	5%	0%	6%	67%	-20°	11%	0.85m/s
07:00 Night	0W/m²	0W/m²	Unavailable	0%	0%	0%	72%	-6.8°	0%	0.54m/s
08:00	9W/m²	6W/m²	Unavailable	0%	0%	0%	76%	6°	0%	0.78m/s
09:00	52W/m²	122W/m²	Unavailable	0%	0%	0%	73%	18°	0%	0.4m/s
10:00	73W/m²	317W/m²	Unavailable	0%	0%	0%	58%	30°	0%	0.8m/s
11:00	84W/m²	499W/m²	Unavailable	0%	0%	0%	48%	40°	0%	0.58m/s
12:00	89W/m²	641W/m²	Unavailable	0%	0%	0%	42%	48°	0%	0.51m/s
13:00	102W/m²	711W/m²	Unavailable	100%	0%	0%	38%	51°	100%	0.72m/s

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Golden Hour conditions across Morocco. The requirements and hourly values above show how those signals apply at Ouarzazate.

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Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days

recorded matching windows · 78% average confidence

Last 90 days

recorded matching windows · 73% average confidence

Last 365 days

249

recorded matching windows · 74% average confidence

Most frequent recorded start hour

07:00 local time, shared by 108 of 249 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

June, with 46 of 249 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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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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