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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.

6 matching opportunities in the 14-day forecast.

Hourly forecast scores

Forecast valid from Oct 7, 2026, 11:00 PM UTC (one hour; not an observation)
Low Cloud Cover0%
Mid Cloud Cover80%
High Cloud Cover0%
Sun Elevation-59.3°

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 · 18:29–19:15 · 1h window
Low confidence
45%
🌤️Painted Sky Potential84.3-100%
Low Cloud Cover: 0%
Mid Cloud Cover: 44%
High Cloud Cover: 18%
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:80.8%
Low
golden-clouds weather icon
Excellent Painted Sky at Sunrise
Ouarzazate
Tue, Oct 13 · 08:00–08:00
🌤️Painted Sky Potential:80.5%
Low
golden-clouds weather icon
Spectacular Painted Sky at Sunset
Ouarzazate
Tue, Oct 13 · 18:26–19:00
🌤️Painted Sky Potential:99.4%
Medium
golden-clouds weather icon
Excellent Painted Sky at Sunrise
Ouarzazate
Fri, Oct 16 · 07:15–08:02
🌤️Painted Sky Potential:83.6-90.2%
Low
golden-clouds weather icon
Spectacular Painted Sky at Sunrise
Ouarzazate
Mon, Oct 19 · 07:17–08:04
🌤️Painted Sky Potential:89.1-91.3%
Low

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 90-hour forecast horizon, not the full opportunity period.

  • Painted Sky Potential100% of hours
  • Golden Hour88% of hours
  • Precipitation Chance63% 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%
Thu, Oct 8
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 10%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 31%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 10%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 32%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 33%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.85m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 29%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.72m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 5%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 68%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.72m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 8%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 65%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.14m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 13%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.42m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 8%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 30%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.54m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 8%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.72m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 10%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 34%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 45%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 35%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 50%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 31%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 83%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 27%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 85%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 73%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 57%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 60%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 58%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 50%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 35%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 25%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 40%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 36%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 43%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 36%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 38%. Misses requirement
Fri, Oct 9
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 37%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 40%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 34%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 45%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 43%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.81m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 35%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 33%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 28%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.41m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 28%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 50%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.82m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 18%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 55%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.91m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 18%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 27%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 20%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 20%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 23%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 29%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 18%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 34%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 25%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 38%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 38%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 38%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 38%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 32%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 35%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 32%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 38%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 36%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 30%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 67%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 33%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 68%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 23%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 37%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 23%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 36%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 26%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 36%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 28%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 32%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 29%. Misses requirement
Sat, Oct 10
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 35%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 30%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 36%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.67m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 28%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 33%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 23%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 29%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.45m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 16%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.32m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 10%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 7%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 6%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 43%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.32m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 5%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 18%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 4%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 13%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 4%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 13%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 5%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 14%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 8%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 11%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 11%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 13%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.51m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 12%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 6.4%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.32m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 10%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 6.4%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 8%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 10%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 12%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 57%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 11%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 57%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 10%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 9.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 9%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 8.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 8%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 4%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 7%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 16%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 6%. 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
Thu, Oct 8, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%0%80%-59°80%40920m
NightUnavailable0%0%46%-65°46%40800m
NightUnavailable0%0%34%-63°34%38620m
NightUnavailable0%0%39%-55°39%36940m
NightUnavailable0%0%10%-44°10%36700m
NightUnavailable0%0%4%-32°4%33960m
NightUnavailable0%0%42%-19°42%31040m
NightUnavailable0%0%59%-6.2°59%27860m
Unavailable17%0%73%6.6°78%26380m
Unavailable58%0%79%19°90%30840m
Unavailable72%0%99%31°100%36700m
Unavailable51%0%68%41°81%39680m
Unavailable100%0%63%49°100%40900m
Unavailable100%6%67%53°100%41580m
Unavailable100%52%36%52°100%42140m
Unavailable100%37%3%45°100%43460m
Unavailable100%55%40%36°100%43240m
Unavailable100%35%2%25°100%40860m
Unavailable100%43%100%13°100%35660m
Unavailable100%0%100%0.55°100%31380m
NightUnavailable11%0%43%-13°48%41360m
NightUnavailable0%0%12%-26°12%41320m
NightUnavailable36%60%75%-38°83%40080m
NightUnavailable0%61%65%-50°74%33880m
Fri, Oct 9, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable44%69%60%-60°86%30580m
NightUnavailable32%85%35%-65°92%27720m
NightUnavailable0%82%42%-63°89%22320m
NightUnavailable0%84%48%-55°91%20400m
NightUnavailable0%75%52%-44°88%26260m
NightUnavailable0%74%63%-32°91%26440m
NightUnavailable0%76%44%-19°89%27320m
NightUnavailable0%77%46%-6.4°90%27520m
Unavailable0%75%32%6.5°85%27240m
Unavailable0%57%11%19°64%29220m
Unavailable0%92%14%30°96%34820m
Unavailable0%59%22%41°73%37040m
Unavailable0%40%35%49°55%39500m
Unavailable0%41%47%53°67%40520m
Unavailable0%43%25%51°52%40640m
Unavailable7%66%60%45°73%40700m
Unavailable6%66%61%36°71%40280m
Unavailable5%65%60%25°69%39860m
Unavailable66%59%43%13°91%40200m
Unavailable100%89%68%0.33°100%27360m
NightUnavailable49%50%31%-13°82%32960m
NightUnavailable0%56%61%-26°73%31620m
NightUnavailable0%57%48%-38°73%29100m
NightUnavailable100%81%80%-50°100%28180m
Sat, Oct 10, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable23%65%55%-60°83%22560m
NightUnavailable0%42%49%-65°68%21480m
NightUnavailable0%42%53%-63°72%24180m
NightUnavailable0%60%0%-55°60%24940m
NightUnavailable0%71%0%-44°71%23860m
NightUnavailable0%60%0%-32°60%22240m
NightUnavailable0%55%0%-19°55%21480m
NightUnavailable0%7%0%-6.5°7%21920m
Unavailable0%5%0%6.3°5%18280m
Unavailable0%29%0%19°29%18600m
Unavailable0%53%0%30°53%29260m
Unavailable0%47%0%40°47%37000m
Unavailable0%20%0%48°20%39640m
Unavailable0%0%0%52°0%41600m
Unavailable59%0%0%51°59%43240m
Unavailable100%32%0%45°100%44200m
Unavailable100%48%0%35°100%44260m
Unavailable100%51%93%24°100%43940m
Unavailable100%84%100%12°100%42860m
Unavailable100%33%100%0.12°100%41540m
NightUnavailable13%0%9%-13°21%41300m
NightUnavailable17%0%0%-26°17%41200m
NightUnavailable100%0%0%-39°100%40480m
NightUnavailable13%0%31%-50°38%40200m

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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