Gordes - Golden Hour - Provence
That magical warm light just after sunrise or before sunset
No Golden Hour opportunities in the next 14 days
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What this forecast looks for
Plain-language explanation from the ruleThis forecast tracks the golden light and dramatic skies that make Provence one of Europe's most painterly photography destinations. We combine cloud cover, visibility, and atmospheric data to predict optimal conditions for capturing the region's legendary light.
Provence has inspired artists from Van Gogh to Cézanne, and photographers continue to be drawn to its unique quality of light. Lavender fields, perched villages, and ochre cliffs create compositions that glow in the Mediterranean sun.
What makes Provence special for photography:
- Legendary light - Clear Mediterranean air and angle of sun create warm, saturated colors
- Lavender season - Purple fields bloom mid-June through mid-July
- Perched villages - Gordes, Roussillon, and Les Baux offer dramatic elevated scenes
- Painted skies - Summer sunsets often produce spectacular color over the landscape
The lavender season is short but spectacular. Arrive before dawn for soft light and no crowds at the famous rows. Outside lavender season, the region offers year-round beauty—autumn vineyards, winter olive groves, and spring wildflowers all catch the same remarkable light.
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72-hour requirements breakdown
What passed or failed, hour by hourTime Europe/Paris | Golden Hour Any | Golden Hour Potential ≥ 80.0% | Precipitation Chance ≤ 5.0% | Visibility ≥ 12000.0m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, Feb 8 | ||||
| 07:00 | ✓ | 24% | 21% | 24134m |
| 08:00 | ✓ | 50% | 24% | 24135m |
| 09:00 | ✕ | 8.5% | 27% | 24134m |
| 10:00 | ✕ | 8.4% | 30% | 24134m |
| 11:00 | ✕ | 8.6% | 36% | 24135m |
| 12:00 | ✕ | 8.9% | 43% | 24134m |
| 13:00 | ✕ | 9% | 50% | 24134m |
| 14:00 | ✕ | 8.9% | 50% | 24134m |
| 15:00 | ✕ | 8.5% | 50% | 17924m |
| 16:00 | ✕ | 7.2% | 50% | 13922m |
| 17:00 | ✓ | 7.4% | 39% | 18504m |
| 18:00 | ✓ | 47% | 28% | 24134m |
| 19:00 | ✕ | 7.8% | 17% | 24135m |
| 20:00 | ✕ | 8.2% | 11% | 24135m |
| 21:00 | ✕ | 8.2% | 5.6% | 24134m |
| 22:00 | ✕ | 8.2% | 0% | 24134m |
| 23:00 | ✕ | 8.3% | 0% | 24135m |
| Mon, Feb 9 | ||||
| 24:00 | ✕ | 8.7% | 0% | 24135m |
| 01:00 | ✕ | 8.8% | 0% | 24135m |
| 02:00 | ✕ | 8.8% | 0% | 24134m |
| 03:00 | ✕ | 8.6% | 0% | 24134m |
| 04:00 | ✕ | 8.2% | 0% | 24135m |
| 05:00 | ✕ | 8.2% | 0% | 24135m |
| 06:00 | ✕ | 8.7% | 0% | 24135m |
| 07:00 | ✓ | 37% | 0% | 24134m |
| 08:00 | ✓ | 71% | 0% | 24134m |
| 09:00 | ✕ | 15% | 0% | 24135m |
| 10:00 | ✕ | 9.1% | 0% | 24135m |
| 11:00 | ✕ | 9.2% | 13% | 24134m |
| 12:00 | ✕ | 9.1% | 26% | 24134m |
| 13:00 | ✕ | 9.1% | 39% | 22893m |
| 14:00 | ✕ | 9% | 26% | 24135m |
| 15:00 | ✕ | 14% | 13% | 23208m |
| 16:00 | ✕ | 16% | 0% | 23231m |
| 17:00 | ✓ | 18% | 0% | 23072m |
| 18:00 | ✓ | 100% | 0% | 23717m |
| 19:00 | ✕ | 17% | 0% | 24135m |
| 20:00 | ✕ | 17% | 6.9% | 24135m |
| 21:00 | ✕ | 8.2% | 14% | 24135m |
| 22:00 | ✕ | 9.2% | 21% | 24134m |
| 23:00 | ✕ | 10% | 35% | 24135m |
| Tue, Feb 10 | ||||
| 24:00 | ✕ | 10% | 48% | 24134m |
| 01:00 | ✕ | 8.8% | 62% | 24134m |
| 02:00 | ✕ | 14% | 65% | 24134m |
| 03:00 | ✕ | 9.8% | 68% | 24135m |
| 04:00 | ✕ | 7.8% | 71% | 24134m |
| 05:00 | ✕ | 7.8% | 76% | 24135m |
| 06:00 | ✕ | 7.8% | 82% | 24134m |
| 07:00 | ✓ | 22% | 87% | 13306m |
| 08:00 | ✓ | 30% | 77% | 7436m |
| 09:00 | ✕ | 4% | 67% | 1792m |
| 10:00 | ✕ | 4.2% | 56% | 2427m |
| 11:00 | ✕ | 6.2% | 67% | 2225m |
| 12:00 | ✕ | 6.6% | 77% | 3084m |
| 13:00 | ✕ | 6.6% | 87% | 3652m |
| 14:00 | ✕ | 5.6% | 88% | 4937m |
| 15:00 | ✕ | 5.4% | 88% | 6223m |
| 16:00 | ✕ | 5.4% | 88% | 7508m |
| 17:00 | ✓ | 6.8% | 92% | 12393m |
| 18:00 | ✓ | 44% | 96% | 17278m |
| 19:00 | ✕ | 7.8% | 99% | 22162m |
| 20:00 | ✕ | 7.8% | 91% | 22804m |
| 21:00 | ✕ | 7.8% | 83% | 23445m |
| 22:00 | ✕ | 9.2% | 75% | 24086m |
| 23:00 | ✕ | 8.8% | 77% | 24103m |
| Wed, Feb 11 | ||||
| 24:00 | ✕ | 8.8% | 79% | 24119m |
| 01:00 | ✕ | 9.8% | 82% | 24135m |
| 02:00 | ✕ | 11% | 73% | 24135m |
| 03:00 | ✕ | 16% | 65% | 24135m |
| 04:00 | ✕ | 15% | 56% | 24135m |
| 05:00 | ✕ | 16% | 63% | 24135m |
| 06:00 | ✕ | 12% | 71% | 24135m |
What does Golden Hour Potential mean?
Inputs that drive the scoreThis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, Feb 8
Sunrise 07:47
Sunset 17:58 | |||||||
| 08:00 | - | 100% | 5% | 100% | 88% | 100% | 2.7m/s |
| 09:00 | - | 100% | 91% | 100% | 85% | 100% | 2.4m/s |
| 10:00 | - | 100% | 100% | 100% | 80% | 100% | 2.9m/s |
| 11:00 | - | 100% | 79% | 100% | 77% | 100% | 3.2m/s |
| 12:00 | - | 100% | 74% | 100% | 71% | 100% | 3.8m/s |
| 13:00 | - | 100% | 99% | 100% | 71% | 100% | 3.1m/s |
| 14:00 | - | 100% | 99% | 100% | 72% | 100% | 2.9m/s |
| 15:00 | - | 100% | 100% | 100% | 79% | 100% | 2.6m/s |
| 16:00 | - | 100% | 100% | 100% | 91% | 100% | 0.5m/s |
| 17:00 | - | 100% | 100% | 100% | 92% | 100% | 1.6m/s |
| 18:00 ☾ | - | 100% | 100% | 100% | 92% | 100% | 2.1m/s |
| 19:00 ☾ | - | 100% | 100% | 100% | 91% | 100% | 2.5m/s |
| 20:00 ☾ | - | 100% | 100% | 100% | 90% | 100% | 2.8m/s |
| 21:00 ☾ | - | 100% | 100% | 100% | 90% | 100% | 2.3m/s |
| 22:00 ☾ | - | 100% | 100% | 100% | 90% | 100% | 2.7m/s |
| 23:00 ☾ | - | 100% | 100% | 100% | 89% | 100% | 2.2m/s |
| Mon, Feb 9
Sunrise 07:47
Sunset 17:58 | |||||||
| 24:00 ☾ | - | 100% | 100% | 100% | 88% | 100% | 1.1m/s |
| 01:00 ☾ | - | 86% | 97% | 96% | 87% | 99% | 1.1m/s |
| 02:00 ☾ | - | 5% | 99% | 99% | 87% | 100% | 1m/s |
| 03:00 ☾ | - | 5% | 100% | 98% | 89% | 100% | 0.83m/s |
| 04:00 ☾ | - | 5% | 96% | 95% | 92% | 99% | 1.1m/s |
| 05:00 ☾ | - | 11% | 98% | 97% | 91% | 99% | 1.2m/s |
| 06:00 ☾ | - | 7% | 94% | 99% | 88% | 99% | 1m/s |
| 07:00 ☾ | - | 5% | 70% | 46% | 87% | 70% | 0.69m/s |
| 08:00 | - | 6% | 77% | 4% | 88% | 77% | 0.94m/s |
| 09:00 | - | 20% | 53% | 0% | 85% | 53% | 0.83m/s |
| 10:00 | - | 100% | 87% | 0% | 81% | 100% | 1.1m/s |
| 11:00 | - | 100% | 18% | 84% | 80% | 100% | 0.67m/s |
| 12:00 | - | 22% | 84% | 95% | 75% | 95% | 1.5m/s |
| 13:00 | - | 100% | 92% | 100% | 75% | 100% | 1.8m/s |
| 14:00 | - | 100% | 40% | 98% | 77% | 100% | 1.5m/s |
| 15:00 | - | 59% | 21% | 9% | 75% | 60% | 1.2m/s |
| 16:00 | - | 17% | 44% | 0% | 74% | 44% | 1.5m/s |
| 17:00 | - | 5% | 29% | 0% | 80% | 29% | 1.4m/s |
| 18:00 ☾ | - | 5% | 19% | 5% | 86% | 19% | 1.2m/s |
| 19:00 ☾ | - | 5% | 12% | 0% | 89% | 12% | 0.92m/s |
| 20:00 ☾ | - | 16% | 7% | 0% | 90% | 17% | 0.58m/s |
| 21:00 ☾ | - | 100% | 5% | 98% | 92% | 100% | 0.72m/s |
| 22:00 ☾ | - | 100% | 5% | 51% | 93% | 100% | 0.18m/s |
| 23:00 ☾ | - | 100% | 9% | 5% | 94% | 100% | 0.59m/s |
| Tue, Feb 10
Sunrise 07:46
Sunset 17:59 | |||||||
| 24:00 ☾ | - | 87% | 13% | 5% | 96% | 87% | 0.86m/s |
| 01:00 ☾ | - | 97% | 21% | 5% | 97% | 97% | 2m/s |
| 02:00 ☾ | - | 48% | 21% | 5% | 97% | 48% | 1.5m/s |
| 03:00 ☾ | - | 100% | 5% | 5% | 96% | 100% | 1.9m/s |
| 04:00 ☾ | - | 100% | 44% | 100% | 95% | 100% | 2.2m/s |
| 05:00 ☾ | - | 100% | 98% | 100% | 93% | 100% | 2.2m/s |
| 06:00 ☾ | - | 100% | 100% | 100% | 92% | 100% | 1.7m/s |
| 07:00 ☾ | - | 100% | 100% | 100% | 94% | 100% | 1.4m/s |
| 08:00 | - | 100% | 100% | 100% | 96% | 100% | 2m/s |
| 09:00 | - | 100% | 100% | 100% | 96% | 100% | 2.3m/s |
| 10:00 | - | 20% | 100% | 99% | 96% | 100% | 2.3m/s |
| 11:00 | - | 0% | 100% | 12% | 96% | 100% | 2.5m/s |
| 12:00 | - | 4% | 100% | 5% | 96% | 100% | 2.2m/s |
| 13:00 | - | 9% | 100% | 0% | 95% | 100% | 1.9m/s |
| 14:00 | - | 40% | 100% | 33% | 96% | 100% | 2.1m/s |
| 15:00 | - | 70% | 100% | 67% | 96% | 100% | 2.4m/s |
| 16:00 | - | 100% | 100% | 100% | 97% | 100% | 2.6m/s |
| 17:00 | - | 100% | 100% | 100% | 96% | 100% | 2.4m/s |
| 18:00 | - | 100% | 100% | 100% | 95% | 100% | 2.1m/s |
| 19:00 ☾ | - | 100% | 100% | 100% | 94% | 100% | 1.9m/s |
| 20:00 ☾ | - | 68% | 100% | 81% | 94% | 100% | 1.6m/s |
| 21:00 ☾ | - | 36% | 100% | 62% | 93% | 100% | 1.4m/s |
| 22:00 ☾ | - | 5% | 100% | 43% | 92% | 100% | 1.2m/s |
| 23:00 ☾ | - | 3% | 100% | 32% | 93% | 100% | 1.7m/s |
| Wed, Feb 11
Sunrise 07:44
Sunset 18:01 | |||||||
| 24:00 ☾ | - | 2% | 100% | 21% | 94% | 100% | 2.1m/s |
| 01:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 100% | 11% | 95% | 100% | 2.6m/s |
| 02:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 69% | 10% | 94% | 70% | 3.3m/s |
| 03:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 38% | 10% | 92% | 40% | 3.9m/s |
| 04:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 8% | 10% | 91% | 11% | 4.6m/s |
| 05:00 ☾ | - | 31% | 10% | 9% | 84% | 38% | 5m/s |
| 06:00 ☾ | - | 62% | 13% | 9% | 76% | 66% | 5.3m/s |
| 07:00 ☾ | - | 92% | 16% | 9% | 69% | 93% | 5.7m/s |
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