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Painted Sky 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.

4 matching opportunities in the 14-day forecast.

Hourly forecast scores

Forecast valid from Oct 8, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC (one hour; not an observation)
Painted Sky Potential
6%
Low Cloud Cover28%
Mid Cloud Cover12%
High Cloud Cover100%
Sun Elevation51.6°

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 Sunset
Ouarzazate
Sun, Oct 11 · 19:00–19:15 · 1h window
Low confidence
44%
🌤️Painted Sky Potential81.4%
Low Cloud Cover: 0%
Mid Cloud Cover: 45%
High Cloud Cover: 0%
Sun Elevation: -0.2° (Civil twilight)
golden-clouds weather icon
Excellent Painted Sky at Sunset
Ouarzazate
Mon, Oct 12 · 19:00–19:14
🌤️Painted Sky Potential:80.2%
Medium
golden-clouds weather icon
Spectacular Painted Sky at Sunrise
Ouarzazate
Tue, Oct 13 · 08:00–08:00
🌤️Painted Sky Potential:91.8%
Medium
golden-clouds weather icon
Excellent Painted Sky at Sunrise
Ouarzazate
Thu, Oct 15 · 08:00–08:01
🌤️Painted Sky Potential:81.7%
Medium

71-hour requirements breakdown

When available, this detailed table covers only the stated 71-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)Golden HourHigh CloudsLow CloudsMid-Level CloudsSolar ElevationTotal Cloud CoverageVisibility
Thu, Oct 8, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
Unavailable100%28%12%52°100%41160m
Unavailable100%0%0%45°100%41120m
Unavailable100%27%10%36°100%41060m
Unavailable100%38%29%25°100%30780m
Unavailable100%75%78%13°100%23860m
Unavailable100%69%100%0.55°100%24160m
NightUnavailable28%71%78%-13°87%23720m
NightUnavailable0%49%39%-26°60%22220m
NightUnavailable0%70%30%-38°81%22340m
NightUnavailable0%68%48%-50°77%22860m
Fri, Oct 9, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable25%83%43%-60°90%24280m
NightUnavailable0%64%28%-65°75%30480m
NightUnavailable38%85%43%-63°93%25840m
NightUnavailable0%79%51%-55°90%30180m
NightUnavailable0%87%61%-44°94%32520m
NightUnavailable0%74%50%-32°85%31080m
NightUnavailable0%68%51%-19°87%34780m
NightUnavailable0%64%33%-6.4°76%34740m
Unavailable0%48%11%6.5°54%34320m
Unavailable0%60%0%19°60%34620m
Unavailable0%61%0%30°61%36640m
Unavailable0%47%4%41°50%38360m
Unavailable0%39%51%49°67%40320m
Unavailable0%37%44%53°63%40660m
Unavailable6%61%29%51°74%40640m
Unavailable4%54%39%45°70%41100m
Unavailable12%65%60%36°76%41200m
Unavailable9%61%30%25°75%40980m
Unavailable8%58%54%13°64%39300m
Unavailable100%73%59%0.33°100%32600m
NightUnavailable0%46%32%-13°58%31800m
NightUnavailable32%69%53%-26°80%27560m
NightUnavailable0%36%48%-38°61%29340m
NightUnavailable0%67%59%-50°75%31940m
Sat, Oct 10, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable100%78%64%-60°100%28120m
NightUnavailable0%50%42%-65°67%25460m
NightUnavailable0%48%0%-63°48%25880m
NightUnavailable16%74%16%-55°83%22840m
NightUnavailable0%38%0%-44°38%23640m
NightUnavailable0%45%0%-32°45%24940m
NightUnavailable0%52%0%-19°52%24900m
NightUnavailable0%52%0%-6.5°52%24780m
Unavailable7%47%0%6.3°47%24300m
Unavailable0%36%0%19°36%26380m
Unavailable0%22%0%30°22%31900m
Unavailable0%20%0%40°20%37500m
Unavailable0%23%0%48°23%39780m
Unavailable0%15%0%52°15%41400m
Unavailable0%8%0%51°8%42520m
Unavailable67%14%59%45°91%45100m
Unavailable100%7%23%35°100%44400m
Unavailable100%0%10%24°100%43600m
Unavailable100%0%0%12°100%43380m
Unavailable100%8%0%0.12°100%43060m
NightUnavailable100%0%0%-13°100%42040m
NightUnavailable57%0%0%-26°57%41120m
NightUnavailable12%0%0%-39°12%40360m
NightUnavailable4%0%0%-50°4%41260m
Sun, Oct 11, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-60°0%41820m
NightUnavailable2%0%0%-66°2%40820m
NightUnavailable1%0%0%-64°1%40280m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-56°0%39760m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-45°0%39160m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-32°0%38740m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-20°0%37940m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-6.6°0%36960m
Unavailable0%0%0%6.2°0%34860m
Unavailable0%0%0%18°0%33200m
Unavailable0%0%0%30°0%39260m
Unavailable0%0%0%40°0%40940m
Unavailable0%0%0%48°0%42500m
Unavailable0%0%0%52°0%44360m

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 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
6
recorded matching windows · 77% average confidence
Last 90 days
7
recorded matching windows · 76% average confidence
Last 365 days
7
recorded matching windows · 76% average confidence

Only 7 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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