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Rule Golden Hour

Golden Light in Provence

France

That magical warm light just after sunrise or before sunset

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/Paris
Next opportunity
Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunrise
Today · 08:00–08:57 · 1h window
High confidence
82%
Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunrise
Tomorrow · 07:51–08:00
Medium
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Tomorrow · 08:00–08:56
Medium
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Sun, Jan 11 · 08:00–08:56
Medium

What this forecast looks for

Plain-language explanation from the rule

Golden Hour conditions for warm, magical light photography:

  • Solar Elevation: The sun position that creates golden light
  • Cloud Cover: Some clouds can enhance the colors
  • Visibility: Good visibility for landscape photography
  • Precipitation: Dry conditions preferred

The golden hour potential score combines atmospheric conditions for optimal warm light.

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
4matching hours in the next 72 hoursJump to next match
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/Paris
Golden Hour
Any
Golden Hour Potential
≥ 85.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 5.0%
Visibility
≥ 12000.0m
Fri, Jan 9
07:0058%3%34900m
08:00100%0%24260m
09:0065%3%32860m
10:0020%3%12360m
11:0020%0%7040m
12:0020%8%18040m
13:0030%13%56000m
14:0032%18%66860m
15:0017%33%71800m
16:0019%48%67500m
17:0051%45%47800m
18:0045%15%26840m
19:0057%5%35060m
20:0045%5%22180m
21:0087%0%28640m
22:0083%3%21640m
23:0083%3%34540m
Sat, Jan 10
24:0078%0%11020m
01:0086%0%60020m
02:0083%0%61660m
03:0067%0%58160m
04:0059%3%60680m
05:0084%5%62380m
06:0087%8%66120m
07:0085%3%53820m
08:00100%5%58260m
09:0068%5%53340m
10:0033%3%55220m
11:0033%3%69620m
12:0024%5%69460m
13:0032%5%70200m
14:0031%3%70460m
15:0029%0%73200m
16:0027%3%74220m
17:0084%3%73120m
18:0087%0%72740m
19:0079%0%69140m
20:0078%0%62720m
21:0081%0%59180m
22:0078%0%61440m
23:0076%0%61940m
Sun, Jan 11
24:0075%0%53520m
01:0075%0%53960m
02:0078%0%60455m
03:0083%0%63610m
04:0081%0%49890m
05:0078%0%27980m
06:0071%0%14140m
07:0071%0%11920m
08:0090%0%15820m
09:0060%0%18340m
10:0029%0%41180m
11:0031%0%69920m
12:0030%0%75540m
13:0029%0%77140m
14:0029%0%78840m
15:0030%0%79160m
16:0033%0%76520m
17:0069%0%74020m
18:0070%0%61020m
19:0062%0%63680m
20:0052%0%66500m
21:0051%0%60080m
22:0075%0%65340m
23:0087%2%73040m
Mon, Jan 12
24:0086%3%70320m
01:0069%3%72460m
02:0071%3%73360m
03:0053%3%72900m
04:0053%3%69940m
05:0053%3%69560m
06:0052%3%65680m
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
Europe/Paris
Golden Hour
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
Relative Humidity
%
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Wind Speed
m/s
Fri, Jan 9 Sunrise 08:12 Sunset 17:18
08:00
- 0% 24% 11% 85% 29% 0.14m/s
09:00
- 0% 53% 0% 82% 53% 1.3m/s
10:00
- 0% 65% 0% 90% 65% 1.1m/s
11:00
- 0% 60% 0% 92% 60% 1.3m/s
12:00
- 0% 61% 0% 85% 61% 4.3m/s
13:00
- 0% 46% 0% 66% 46% 5.8m/s
14:00
- 0% 30% 0% 58% 30% 6.5m/s
15:00
- 0% 51% 100% 52% 100% 7.1m/s
16:00
- 0% 47% 100% 57% 100% 5.3m/s
17:00
- 0% 100% 100% 72% 100% 4.1m/s
18:00
- 0% 100% 100% 76% 100% 4.4m/s
19:00
- 0% 79% 0% 79% 79% 4.5m/s
20:00
- 0% 42% 100% 81% 100% 4.7m/s
21:00
- 0% 25% 8% 83% 28% 2.7m/s
22:00
- 0% 10% 0% 86% 10% 2.3m/s
23:00
- 0% 0% 0% 81% 0% 1.4m/s
Sat, Jan 10 Sunrise 08:12 Sunset 17:18
24:00
- 0% 14% 0% 91% 14% 1.3m/s
01:00
- 0% 4% 0% 67% 4% 2.4m/s
02:00
- 0% 0% 0% 66% 0% 4.5m/s
03:00
- 0% 0% 67% 68% 67% 4.5m/s
04:00
- 0% 0% 92% 67% 92% 3.4m/s
05:00
- 0% 0% 54% 66% 54% 2.1m/s
06:00
- 0% 0% 2% 63% 2% 2.1m/s
07:00
- 0% 0% 0% 72% 0% 1.5m/s
08:00
- 0% 0% 0% 68% 0% 3m/s
09:00
- 0% 2% 0% 72% 2% 2.2m/s
10:00
- 0% 28% 0% 68% 28% 4m/s
11:00
- 0% 31% 0% 57% 31% 3.9m/s
12:00
- 0% 54% 28% 56% 66% 5.5m/s
13:00
- 0% 42% 0% 54% 42% 5.2m/s
14:00
- 0% 15% 0% 53% 15% 5.7m/s
15:00
- 0% 10% 0% 49% 10% 8.4m/s
16:00
- 0% 0% 0% 48% 0% 8.7m/s
17:00
- 0% 0% 0% 51% 0% 8.6m/s
18:00
- 0% 0% 0% 52% 0% 7.4m/s
19:00
- 0% 0% 0% 57% 0% 7.2m/s
20:00
- 0% 0% 0% 63% 0% 7.2m/s
21:00
- 0% 0% 0% 65% 0% 6.5m/s
22:00
- 0% 0% 0% 64% 0% 8.3m/s
23:00
- 0% 0% 0% 63% 0% 9.3m/s
Sun, Jan 11 Sunrise 08:11 Sunset 17:19
24:00
- 0% 0% 0% 69% 0% 8.8m/s
01:00
- 0% 0% 0% 70% 0% 8.4m/s
02:00
- 0% 0% 0% 65% 0% 7.6m/s
03:00
- 0% 0% 0% 63% 0% 5.2m/s
04:00
- 0% 0% 0% 72% 0% 3.3m/s
05:00
- 0% 0% 0% 83% 0% 1.9m/s
06:00
- 0% 0% 0% 89% 0% 1.5m/s
07:00
- 0% 1% 0% 90% 1% 2.1m/s
08:00
- 0% 1% 0% 88% 1% 2m/s
09:00
- 0% 1% 0% 87% 1% 1.8m/s
10:00
- 0% 0% 0% 76% 0% 1.8m/s
11:00
- 0% 0% 0% 55% 0% 2.2m/s
12:00
- 0% 0% 0% 43% 0% 2.7m/s
13:00
- 0% 0% 0% 37% 0% 3m/s
14:00
- 0% 0% 0% 33% 0% 3.1m/s
15:00
- 0% 0% 0% 32% 0% 2.4m/s
16:00
- 16% 0% 0% 39% 16% 2.7m/s
17:00
- 95% 0% 0% 52% 95% 1.6m/s
18:00
- 100% 0% 0% 67% 100% 1m/s
19:00
- 100% 0% 0% 64% 100% 2m/s
20:00
- 100% 0% 100% 62% 100% 1.6m/s
21:00
- 100% 0% 98% 67% 100% 1.8m/s
22:00
- 33% 0% 59% 62% 59% 2.4m/s
23:00
- 16% 0% 44% 55% 52% 2.3m/s
Mon, Jan 12 Sunrise 08:11 Sunset 17:21
24:00
- 0% 0% 53% 58% 53% 2.3m/s
01:00
- 0% 19% 65% 55% 75% 2.8m/s
02:00
- 0% 52% 62% 54% 71% 2.6m/s
03:00
- 100% 62% 59% 54% 100% 2.7m/s
04:00
- 95% 52% 68% 59% 98% 2.3m/s
05:00
- 100% 75% 100% 58% 100% 2.6m/s
06:00
- 100% 58% 96% 62% 100% 2.4m/s
07:00
- 100% 58% 62% 63% 100% 2.3m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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