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Rule Golden Hour

Golden Hour Forecast for Punta Arenas, Patagonia

Punta Arenas, Region of Magallanes, Chile

Punta Arenas overlooks the Strait of Magellan, with working docks, colorful roofs, wind-shaped steppe, and nearby coastal bird colonies.

Currently

Real-time conditions
Low Cloud Cover70%
Mid Cloud Cover79%
High Cloud Cover0%
Sun Elevation14.9° (Daylight)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in America/Punta_Arenas
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Next opportunity
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunset
Punta Arenas
Fri, Aug 21 · 18:00–19:10 · 1h window
Medium confidence
43%
🌇Golden Hour Potential90.3-97%
Low Cloud Cover: 5%
Mid Cloud Cover: 0%
High Cloud Cover: 0%
Sun Elevation: 5.8° (Golden hour)
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Punta Arenas
Sat, Aug 22 · 08:22–09:33
🌇Golden Hour Potential:96.6-99.3%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunset
Punta Arenas
Sat, Aug 22 · 18:00–19:11
🌇Golden Hour Potential:95.1-95.3%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Punta Arenas
Sun, Aug 23 · 08:20–09:30
🌇Golden Hour Potential:100%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunset
Punta Arenas
Sun, Aug 23 · 18:02–19:13
🌇Golden Hour Potential:94.3-99.6%
Medium

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Golden Hour conditions across Patagonia. The requirements and hourly values below show how those signals apply at Punta Arenas.

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Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days
24
recorded matching windows · 70% average confidence
Last 90 days
61
recorded matching windows · 70% average confidence
Last 365 days
89
recorded matching windows · 72% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

18:00 local time, shared by 19 of 89 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

July, with 28 of 89 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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95-hour requirements breakdown

When available, the detailed table below covers only the stated 95-hour horizon (typically 72–168 hours, depending on available hourly data). Opportunity records above span the next 14 days, so this table does not explain that entire 14-day period.

What passed or failed, hour by hour
0matching hours in the next 95 hours
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
America/Punta_Arenas
Golden Hour
Any
Golden Hour Potential
≥ 80.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 5.0%
Visibility
≥ 1000.0m
Mon, Aug 17
10:0028%0%24134m
11:0017%0%24134m
12:0027%0%24135m
13:0027%0%24135m
14:0027%0%24135m
15:0017%0%24135m
16:0015%0%24134m
17:0043%0%24134m
18:0045%0%24134m
19:0044%13%24134m
20:0014%26%24134m
21:0014%39%24134m
22:0014%9.5%24135m
23:0014%19%24134m
Tue, Aug 18
24:0017%28%24134m
01:0015%46%24135m
02:0018%64%24135m
03:0019%82%24135m
04:0019%57%24134m
05:0022%75%24135m
06:0022%93%24135m
07:0023%95%24135m
08:0058%97%7222m
09:0069%100%24135m
10:0011%93%1369m
11:0012%86%7063m
12:0011%79%1519m
13:0012%84%1364m
14:0011%90%23888m
15:0012%95%5743m
16:009%76%9776m
17:0067%58%24134m
18:0057%39%21369m
19:0072%45%24135m
20:009.6%50%24135m
21:009.6%56%24134m
22:0012%50%24134m
23:0014%45%24135m
Wed, Aug 19
24:0014%39%24134m
01:0014%53%24134m
02:0014%67%24134m
03:0014%82%24135m
04:0014%82%18201m
05:0015%82%24134m
06:0014%82%24134m
07:0014%85%24135m
08:0040%88%1390m
09:0034%91%91m
10:0011%88%24134m
11:0011%85%24134m
12:0017%82%5438m
13:0012%87%22413m
14:0014%93%23135m
15:0014%98%24134m
16:0023%79%24134m
17:0087%59%24134m
18:0086%39%24134m
19:0083%39%24135m
20:0011%39%1597m
21:0014%39%24135m
22:0012%26%24134m
23:0012%13%16221m
Thu, Aug 20
24:0011%0%5890m
01:0015%13%14042m
02:0017%26%24135m
03:0023%39%24134m
04:0015%26%23766m
05:0014%13%23812m
06:0014%0%23386m
07:0015%13%23455m
08:0087%26%24135m
09:0083%39%23793m
10:0018%42%24134m
11:0024%45%24134m
12:0029%48%24135m
13:0022%51%24134m
14:0015%53%24135m
15:0016%56%24134m
16:000%53%24134m
17:0095%51%24135m
18:0094%48%24135m
19:0092%51%24135m
20:000%53%24135m
21:000%56%24135m
22:000%50%24135m
23:000%45%24135m
Fri, Aug 21
24:000%39%24135m
01:000%53%24135m
02:000%68%24135m
03:000%82%24135m
04:000%68%24135m
05:000%53%24135m
06:000%39%24135m
07:000%39%24135m
08:0058%39%24135m
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
America/Punta_Arenas
Golden Hour
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
Relative Humidity
%
Solar Elevation
°
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Wind Speed
m/s
Tue, Aug 18 Sunrise 08:53 Sunset 18:42
11:00
- 0% 70% 79% 90% 15° 79% 7.6m/s
12:00
- 0% 96% 9% 92% 20° 96% 8.4m/s
13:00
- 0% 100% 67% 92% 23° 100% 8m/s
14:00
- 0% 78% 34% 90% 24° 79% 8.5m/s
15:00
- 0% 93% 2% 84% 22° 93% 9m/s
16:00
- 0% 50% 0% 78% 18° 50% 9.4m/s
17:00
- 0% 36% 0% 72% 12° 36% 10m/s
18:00
- 0% 59% 0% 80% 5.1° 59% 9.1m/s
19:00
- 0% 34% 0% 79% -3.2° 34% 9.1m/s
20:00
- 0% 42% 0% 76% -12° 42% 8.9m/s
21:00
- 0% 69% 0% 75% -21° 69% 8.4m/s
22:00
- 0% 75% 0% 77% -30° 75% 8.1m/s
23:00
- 0% 88% 0% 75% -38° 88% 8m/s
Wed, Aug 19 Sunrise 08:51 Sunset 18:43
24:00
- 0% 90% 0% 74% -44° 90% 8.1m/s
01:00
- 0% 73% 0% 75% -49° 73% 8.1m/s
02:00
- 0% 97% 0% 72% -50° 97% 8m/s
03:00
- 0% 98% 2% 74% -47° 98% 7.7m/s
04:00
- 0% 84% 2% 73% -42° 84% 7.3m/s
05:00
- 0% 100% 0% 83% -34° 100% 6.8m/s
06:00
- 0% 70% 0% 80% -26° 70% 6.7m/s
07:00
- 0% 92% 0% 86% -17° 92% 6.4m/s
08:00
- 0% 96% 0% 87% -8.2° 96% 6.3m/s
09:00
- 0% 84% 0% 84% 0.83° 84% 6.7m/s
10:00
- 0% 30% 0% 83% 8.4° 30% 7m/s
11:00
- 0% 16% 0% 80% 15° 16% 7.2m/s
12:00
- 0% 27% 1% 78% 20° 27% 6.9m/s
13:00
- 0% 100% 90% 90% 23° 100% 5.4m/s
14:00
- 0% 69% 98% 72% 24° 98% 4.5m/s
15:00
- 0% 60% 80% 78% 22° 80% 6.4m/s
16:00
- 0% 5% 7% 70% 18° 7% 6.5m/s
17:00
- 0% 3% 44% 63% 13° 44% 7.4m/s
18:00
- 0% 3% 2% 64% 5.3° 3% 7.3m/s
19:00
- 0% 5% 0% 65% -3° 5% 7m/s
20:00
- 0% 5% 0% 65% -12° 5% 6.8m/s
21:00
- 0% 13% 0% 69% -21° 13% 6.5m/s
22:00
- 0% 58% 0% 83% -30° 58% 6.2m/s
23:00
- 0% 61% 0% 83% -38° 61% 7m/s
Thu, Aug 20 Sunrise 08:49 Sunset 18:45
24:00
- 0% 70% 0% 84% -44° 70% 6.5m/s
01:00
- 0% 71% 0% 82% -48° 71% 6.6m/s
02:00
- 0% 52% 4% 69% -49° 52% 7.1m/s
03:00
- 0% 54% 0% 70% -47° 54% 6.6m/s
04:00
- 0% 49% 0% 77% -41° 49% 6.4m/s
05:00
- 0% 53% 0% 82% -34° 53% 5.6m/s
06:00
- 0% 21% 0% 76% -26° 21% 5.7m/s
07:00
- 0% 48% 0% 79% -17° 48% 5.3m/s
08:00
- 0% 54% 0% 80% -7.9° 54% 5.4m/s
09:00
- 3% 12% 5% 76% 1.1° 12% 5.7m/s
10:00
- 5% 12% 5% 74% 8.7° 12% 6m/s
11:00
- 20% 27% 48% 72% 16° 48% 5.9m/s
12:00
- 5% 10% 30% 68% 21° 30% 6.3m/s
13:00
- 5% 10% 28% 68% 24° 28% 6.3m/s
14:00
- 0% 30% 5% 69% 25° 30% 6.8m/s
15:00
- 0% 6% 5% 70% 23° 6% 7.7m/s
16:00
- 0% 34% 4% 74% 19° 34% 7.2m/s
17:00
- 0% 50% 0% 76% 13° 50% 6.7m/s
18:00
- 0% 44% 0% 85% 5.6° 44% 6.5m/s
19:00
- 0% 94% 0% 88% -2.7° 94% 5.9m/s
20:00
- 0% 100% 0% 91% -12° 100% 5.7m/s
21:00
- 0% 100% 0% 93% -21° 100% 5.7m/s
22:00
- 0% 68% 0% 90% -29° 68% 5.6m/s
23:00
- 0% 37% 0% 87% -37° 37% 5.5m/s
Fri, Aug 21 Sunrise 08:47 Sunset 18:47
24:00
- 0% 5% 0% 84% -44° 5% 5.4m/s
01:00
- 0% 36% 0% 84% -48° 36% 5.4m/s
02:00
- 0% 66% 0% 83% -49° 66% 5.5m/s
03:00
- 0% 96% 0% 83% -46° 96% 5.5m/s
04:00
- 0% 97% 0% 82% -41° 97% 5.8m/s
05:00
- 0% 99% 0% 80% -34° 99% 6.1m/s
06:00
- 0% 100% 0% 79% -25° 100% 6.3m/s
07:00
- 0% 100% 2% 78% -17° 100% 6.4m/s
08:00
- 0% 100% 3% 78% -7.6° 100% 6.5m/s
09:00
- 0% 100% 5% 77% 1.4° 100% 6.5m/s
10:00
- 0% 100% 3% 78% 9.1° 100% 6.1m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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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