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Rule Blue Hour

Blue Hour Forecast for Sagres, Algarve, Portugal

Sagres, Faro, Portugal

Sagres occupies an exposed headland of sheer cliffs, fortress walls, small coves, and open Atlantic water suited to stark, wind-shaped compositions.

Currently

Real-time conditions
Cloud Cover0%
Moon Altitude21.8°

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/Lisbon
blue-hour weather icon
Next opportunity
Good Blue Hour (clear) at Sunset
Sagres
Today · 20:35–20:45 · 1h window
Medium confidence
69%
🌉Blue Hour Quality69.2%
Cloud Cover: 0%
Moon Illumination: 72%
Moon Altitude: 21.8°
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Good Blue Hour (clear) at Sunset
Sagres
Wed, Aug 26 · 20:29–20:40
🌉Blue Hour Quality:70.5%
Medium
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Good Blue Hour (clear) at Sunrise
Sagres
Thu, Aug 27 · 06:35–06:45
🌉Blue Hour Quality:66%
Medium
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Good Blue Hour (clear) at Sunset
Sagres
Thu, Aug 27 · 20:28–20:38
🌉Blue Hour Quality:69.6%
Medium
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Good Blue Hour (clear) at Sunrise
Sagres
Fri, Aug 28 · 06:36–06:46
🌉Blue Hour Quality:69.9%
Medium
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Good Blue Hour (clear) at Sunrise
Sagres
Sun, Aug 30 · 06:37–06:48
🌉Blue Hour Quality:71.6%
Medium

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Blue Hour conditions across Algarve, Portugal. The requirements and hourly values below show how those signals apply at Sagres.

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Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days
11
recorded matching windows · 70% average confidence
Last 90 days
65
recorded matching windows · 70% average confidence
Last 365 days
129
recorded matching windows · 70% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

06:00 local time, shared by 43 of 129 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

May, with 34 of 129 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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85-hour requirements breakdown

When available, the detailed table below covers only the stated 85-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
2matching hours in the next 85 hoursJump to next match
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/Lisbon
Blue Hour
Any
Blue Hour Quality
≥ 65.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 15.0%
Sat, Aug 22
06:0066%0%
07:0022%0%
08:0022%0%
09:0025%0%
10:0023%0%
11:0027%0%
12:0027%0%
13:0027%0%
14:0024%0%
15:0024%0%
16:0024%0%
17:0024%0%
18:0024%0%
19:0023%0%
20:0069%0%
21:0049%0%
22:0027%0%
23:0027%0%
Sun, Aug 23
24:0027%0%
01:0027%0%
02:0027%0%
03:0026%0%
04:0029%0%
05:0022%7.4%
06:0047%15%
07:0027%22%
08:0023%23%
09:0020%25%
10:0015%26%
11:0015%38%
12:0018%50%
13:0017%62%
14:0011%59%
15:0010%56%
16:009.6%54%
17:0011%66%
18:0015%78%
19:0019%91%
20:0063%84%
21:0046%76%
22:0026%69%
23:0026%77%
Mon, Aug 24
24:0026%86%
01:0025%94%
02:0025%82%
03:0026%70%
04:0026%57%
05:0026%62%
06:0061%66%
07:0031%71%
08:0022%60%
09:0029%50%
10:0024%39%
11:0024%39%
12:0029%39%
13:0029%39%
14:0029%26%
15:0025%13%
16:0029%0%
17:0025%13%
18:0025%26%
19:0027%39%
20:0068%32%
21:0052%24%
22:0029%17%
23:0029%24%
Tue, Aug 25
24:0029%32%
01:0029%39%
02:009.7%39%
03:009.7%39%
04:0010%39%
05:0010%33%
06:0069%28%
07:0021%22%
08:003.4%15%
09:003.4%7.4%
10:003.3%0%
11:002.2%0%
12:001.5%0%
13:001.3%0%
14:001.3%0%
15:001.3%0%
16:001.3%0%
17:001.3%0%
18:001.6%0%
How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity).

What does Blue Hour Quality 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
Europe/Lisbon
Blue Hour
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
Relative Humidity
%
Solar Elevation
°
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Visibility
m
Wind Speed
m/s
Sat, Aug 22 Sunrise 06:58 Sunset 20:18
20:00
- 0% 0% 0% 79% 0% 24134m 3.3m/s
21:00
- 0% 0% 0% 80% -8.7° 0% 24135m 2.7m/s
22:00
- 0% 0% 0% 82% -19° 0% 24135m 3.8m/s
23:00
- 0% 0% 0% 83% -29° 0% 24134m 4m/s
Sun, Aug 23 Sunrise 06:58 Sunset 20:18
24:00
- 0% 0% 0% 83% -36° 0% 24134m 4m/s
01:00
- 0% 0% 0% 84% -41° 0% 24134m 4m/s
02:00
- 0% 0% 0% 85% -41° 0% 24134m 4m/s
03:00
- 0% 0% 0% 85% -38° 0% 24134m 4.3m/s
04:00
- 5% 0% 0% 86% -31° 5% 24134m 4.5m/s
05:00
- 5% 8% 0% 87% -22° 9% 24134m 4.8m/s
06:00
- 0% 13% 0% 88% -12° 13% 24135m 5.1m/s
07:00
- 0% 2% 0% 88% -0.17° 2% 24135m 5.3m/s
08:00
- 5% 9% 0% 88% 11° 12% 24135m 5.9m/s
09:00
- 1% 18% 0% 86% 23° 18% 24134m 6.6m/s
10:00
- 47% 20% 0% 83% 35° 61% 24134m 7.2m/s
11:00
- 100% 16% 1% 81% 46° 100% 24134m 7.4m/s
12:00
- 100% 6% 100% 81% 56° 100% 24135m 7.5m/s
13:00
- 0% 2% 100% 83% 63° 100% 24135m 7.7m/s
14:00
- 0% 4% 81% 83% 64° 81% 24135m 7.6m/s
15:00
- 0% 27% 48% 84% 58° 48% 24134m 7.4m/s
16:00
- 0% 96% 5% 87% 49° 96% 18470m 7.5m/s
17:00
- 0% 60% 0% 88% 38° 60% 15473m 7.4m/s
18:00
- 0% 30% 0% 89% 26° 30% 12094m 7.7m/s
19:00
- 0% 0% 0% 90% 14° 0% 24135m 7.2m/s
20:00
- 0% 0% 0% 91% 2.7° 0% 24134m 6.7m/s
21:00
- 0% 0% 0% 92% -8.9° 0% 24134m 6.2m/s
22:00
- 0% 0% 0% 90% -20° 0% 24134m 6.2m/s
23:00
- 0% 0% 0% 87% -29° 0% 24134m 6.9m/s
Mon, Aug 24 Sunrise 06:59 Sunset 20:16
24:00
- 0% 0% 0% 87% -37° 0% 24134m 7.7m/s
01:00
- 0% 1% 0% 88% -41° 1% 14446m 8.6m/s
02:00
- 0% 0% 0% 89% -42° 0% 10247m 8.4m/s
03:00
- 0% 0% 0% 88% -38° 0% 22137m 7.6m/s
04:00
- 0% 0% 0% 86% -31° 0% 24135m 7.5m/s
05:00
- 0% 0% 0% 86% -23° 0% 24134m 8.3m/s
06:00
- 0% 0% 0% 86% -12° 0% 24134m 8m/s
07:00
- 0% 0% 0% 86% -0.42° 0% 14490m 8m/s
08:00
- 0% 0% 0% 85% 11° 0% 24134m 8.4m/s
09:00
- 5% 0% 0% 84% 23° 5% 24135m 7.9m/s
10:00
- 92% 0% 0% 85% 35° 92% 24135m 7.8m/s
11:00
- 100% 0% 4% 85% 46° 100% 23417m 7.7m/s
12:00
- 49% 0% 4% 85% 56° 49% 24134m 6.9m/s
13:00
- 5% 0% 0% 85% 63° 5% 24134m 6.2m/s
14:00
- 2% 0% 0% 85% 64° 2% 24134m 5.8m/s
15:00
- 4% 0% 0% 86% 58° 4% 20491m 5.5m/s
16:00
- 17% 0% 1% 86% 49° 17% 24134m 5.2m/s
17:00
- 5% 0% 1% 86% 38° 5% 24135m 4.9m/s
18:00
- 5% 0% 0% 85% 26° 5% 24134m 4.5m/s
19:00
- 5% 0% 0% 85% 14° 5% 24135m 4.4m/s
20:00
- 5% 0% 0% 86% 2.5° 5% 24134m 4.1m/s
21:00
- 5% 0% 0% 86% -9.2° 5% 24134m 3.7m/s
22:00
- 5% 0% 0% 85% -20° 5% 24134m 3.7m/s
23:00
- 5% 0% 0% 85% -29° 5% 24135m 3.9m/s
Tue, Aug 25 Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 20:15
24:00
- 4% 0% 0% 87% -37° 4% 24134m 3.8m/s
01:00
- 5% 0% 0% 88% -41° 5% 24134m 3.4m/s
02:00
- 5% 0% 0% 87% -42° 5% 24134m 2.9m/s
03:00
- 5% 0% 0% 86% -38° 5% 24134m 2.4m/s
04:00
- 5% 0% 0% 85% -32° 5% 24135m 1.9m/s
05:00
- 5% 0% 0% 83% -23° 5% 24135m 2.1m/s
06:00
- 5% 0% 0% 82% -12° 5% 24135m 2.3m/s
07:00
- 5% 0% 0% 80% -0.65° 5% 24135m 2.5m/s
08:00
- 5% 0% 1% 79% 11° 5% 24135m 3.1m/s
09:00
- 5% 0% 2% 78% 23° 5% 24135m 3.8m/s
10:00
- 5% 0% 3% 77% 35° 5% 24135m 4.4m/s
11:00
- 3% 0% 35% 79% 46° 37% 24135m 4.4m/s
12:00
- 2% 0% 68% 80% 56° 68% 24135m 4.5m/s
13:00
- 0% 0% 100% 82% 62° 100% 24135m 4.6m/s
14:00
- 0% 0% 100% 82% 63° 100% 24135m 4.6m/s
15:00
- 0% 0% 100% 82% 58° 100% 24135m 4.5m/s
16:00
- 0% 0% 100% 82% 49° 100% 24135m 4.5m/s
17:00
- 0% 0% 87% 83% 38° 87% 24135m 4.2m/s
18:00
- 1% 0% 73% 83% 26° 73% 24135m 4m/s
19:00
- 1% 0% 60% 84% 14° 60% 24135m 3.7m/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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