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Rule Golden Hour

Luberon - Golden Hour - Provence

Apt, Provence, France

That magical warm light just after sunrise or before sunset

Currently

Real-time conditions
Low Cloud Cover71%
Mid Cloud Cover5%
High Cloud Cover100%
Sun Elevation-20.0° (Astronomical night)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/Paris
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Next opportunity
Excellent Golden Hour (breezy) at Sunrise
Luberon
Fri, Feb 20 · 07:11–08:09 · 1h window
Medium confidence
41%
🌇Golden Hour Potential83.2-83.6%
Low Cloud Cover: 7%
Mid Cloud Cover: 0%
High Cloud Cover: 0%
Sun Elevation: -6.1° (Nautical twilight)
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Luberon
Sat, Feb 21 · 07:10–08:07
🌇Golden Hour Potential:100%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunset
Luberon
Sat, Feb 21 · 17:37–18:34
🌇Golden Hour Potential:95.2-95.6%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunrise
Luberon
Sun, Feb 22 · 07:08–08:05
🌇Golden Hour Potential:81.9-99.1%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Luberon
Mon, Feb 23 · 07:06–08:03
🌇Golden Hour Potential:98.8-100%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunset
Luberon
Mon, Feb 23 · 18:00–18:37
🌇Golden Hour Potential:100%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Luberon
Tue, Feb 24 · 07:05–08:02
🌇Golden Hour Potential:100%
Medium
+1 more windows in the next 10 days

What this forecast looks for

Plain-language explanation from the rule

This 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 hour
6matching hours in the next 95 hoursJump to next match
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/Paris
Golden Hour
Any
Golden Hour Potential
≥ 80.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 5.0%
Visibility
≥ 1000.0m
Tue, Feb 17
20:0015%0%24134m
21:0015%0%24134m
22:0015%0%24134m
23:0015%0%24134m
Wed, Feb 18
24:0015%0%24134m
01:0010%0%24135m
02:0010%0%24134m
03:0010%0%24135m
04:0011%0%24135m
05:0011%0%24135m
06:009.9%0%24135m
07:0054%0%24134m
08:0059%0%24134m
09:0010%0%24134m
10:0018%0%24134m
11:0016%0%24134m
12:0016%0%24134m
13:0017%0%24134m
14:0017%1.2%24135m
15:0018%2.3%24135m
16:0017%3.5%24135m
17:0088%35%24135m
18:0050%67%24134m
19:0031%99%24135m
20:008.8%99%24134m
21:007.4%100%24135m
22:007.2%100%24134m
23:007%100%24013m
Thu, Feb 19
24:007%100%22756m
01:005.8%100%2248m
02:003.2%84%243m
03:003.8%68%2452m
04:007%52%20411m
05:005.4%65%6465m
06:008.4%78%23065m
07:0048%90%24135m
08:0096%88%22107m
09:004.2%85%4147m
10:002.4%83%161m
11:002.4%88%68m
12:003.4%92%69m
13:004.4%96%429m
14:005.2%97%2915m
15:004.4%97%323m
16:002.4%97%90m
17:0020%98%88m
18:0023%98%89m
19:009.1%99%113m
20:004.4%93%153m
21:007.4%88%12185m
22:005%82%1697m
23:003.4%82%751m
Fri, Feb 20
24:003%82%149m
01:006%83%9407m
02:006.7%55%2584m
03:0012%28%5482m
04:007.8%0%23998m
05:007.7%0%22036m
06:007.8%0%22269m
07:0083%0%22207m
08:0084%0%24134m
09:008.2%0%24134m
10:008.7%0%24135m
11:007.7%0%24135m
12:006.8%0%24134m
13:007%0%24134m
14:007%0%24134m
15:007%0%24134m
16:007.3%0%24135m
17:0047%0%24135m
18:0061%0%24135m
19:0050%0%24134m
20:0012%0%24134m
21:009.1%0%24134m
22:0010%0%24134m
23:0016%0%24135m
Sat, Feb 21
24:0016%0%24135m
01:0015%0%24135m
02:0016%0%24135m
03:0017%0%24135m
04:0018%0%24135m
05:0018%0%24135m
06:0019%0%24135m
07:00100%0%24135m
08:00100%0%24135m
09:0013%0%24135m
10:0011%0%24135m
11:0013%0%24135m
12:0017%0%24135m
13:0016%0%24135m
14:0016%0%24135m
15:0016%0%24135m
16:0016%0%24135m
17:0096%0%24135m
18:0095%0%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
Europe/Paris
Golden Hour
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
Relative Humidity
%
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Wind Speed
m/s
Wed, Feb 18 Sunrise 07:33 Sunset 18:11
20:00
- 100% 71% 5% 89% 100% 3.8m/s
21:00
- 100% 100% 100% 84% 100% 5.8m/s
22:00
- 100% 100% 7% 86% 100% 6.9m/s
23:00
- 100% 100% 2% 90% 100% 6.3m/s
Thu, Feb 19 Sunrise 07:33 Sunset 18:11
24:00
- 14% 100% 9% 93% 100% 7m/s
01:00
- 0% 100% 14% 98% 100% 6.4m/s
02:00
- 0% 100% 100% 99% 100% 4m/s
03:00
- 0% 91% 87% 93% 91% 8.6m/s
04:00
- 0% 98% 100% 92% 100% 5m/s
05:00
- 0% 99% 83% 94% 100% 5.3m/s
06:00
- 0% 74% 100% 89% 100% 5.5m/s
07:00
- 0% 41% 100% 91% 100% 4.9m/s
08:00
- 0% 24% 28% 95% 33% 4.2m/s
09:00
- 0% 93% 96% 94% 96% 6.3m/s
10:00
- 0% 100% 100% 96% 100% 5.9m/s
11:00
- 5% 100% 100% 97% 100% 6.4m/s
12:00
- 4% 100% 27% 97% 100% 6.8m/s
13:00
- 1% 95% 6% 97% 95% 6.8m/s
14:00
- 5% 100% 5% 92% 100% 7.5m/s
15:00
- 0% 100% 3% 96% 100% 6.7m/s
16:00
- 86% 100% 84% 97% 100% 6m/s
17:00
- 0% 100% 55% 98% 100% 5.7m/s
18:00
- 0% 100% 34% 98% 100% 5m/s
19:00
- 0% 100% 97% 98% 100% 4.5m/s
20:00
- 0% 99% 0% 97% 99% 5.9m/s
21:00
- 0% 87% 0% 94% 87% 7.7m/s
22:00
- 0% 100% 0% 94% 100% 7.9m/s
23:00
- 0% 100% 0% 95% 100% 8.5m/s
Fri, Feb 20 Sunrise 07:31 Sunset 18:13
24:00
- 0% 100% 6% 96% 100% 11m/s
01:00
- 0% 100% 0% 93% 100% 12m/s
02:00
- 0% 66% 0% 95% 66% 11m/s
03:00
- 0% 17% 0% 91% 17% 12m/s
04:00
- 0% 86% 0% 87% 86% 13m/s
05:00
- 0% 86% 0% 88% 86% 13m/s
06:00
- 0% 84% 0% 86% 84% 14m/s
07:00
- 0% 7% 0% 86% 7% 13m/s
08:00
- 0% 7% 0% 85% 7% 12m/s
09:00
- 92% 7% 0% 81% 92% 11m/s
10:00
- 99% 6% 0% 79% 99% 11m/s
11:00
- 100% 11% 10% 79% 100% 11m/s
12:00
- 100% 9% 94% 76% 100% 10m/s
13:00
- 100% 11% 98% 74% 100% 9.3m/s
14:00
- 95% 7% 100% 74% 100% 10m/s
15:00
- 100% 5% 100% 73% 100% 8.7m/s
16:00
- 100% 6% 99% 75% 100% 7.4m/s
17:00
- 100% 7% 100% 77% 100% 6.5m/s
18:00
- 4% 4% 84% 78% 85% 4.9m/s
19:00
- 4% 1% 4% 82% 5% 3.7m/s
20:00
- 73% 1% 0% 85% 73% 3.6m/s
21:00
- 100% 0% 46% 85% 100% 3.4m/s
22:00
- 12% 0% 92% 84% 92% 3.2m/s
23:00
- 5% 1% 0% 86% 5% 3.8m/s
Sat, Feb 21 Sunrise 07:30 Sunset 18:14
24:00
- 5% 1% 0% 87% 5% 3.3m/s
01:00
- 0% 4% 0% 87% 4% 3.2m/s
02:00
- 2% 3% 0% 78% 5% 2.7m/s
03:00
- 5% 2% 0% 70% 6% 2.2m/s
04:00
- 7% 0% 0% 61% 7% 1.7m/s
05:00
- 8% 0% 0% 58% 8% 2m/s
06:00
- 10% 0% 0% 56% 10% 2.3m/s
07:00
- 11% 0% 0% 54% 11% 2.6m/s
08:00
- 41% 0% 0% 57% 41% 2.9m/s
09:00
- 70% 0% 0% 60% 70% 3.2m/s
10:00
- 100% 0% 0% 62% 100% 3.6m/s
11:00
- 68% 0% 0% 70% 68% 3.6m/s
12:00
- 37% 0% 0% 77% 37% 3.7m/s
13:00
- 5% 0% 0% 85% 5% 3.8m/s
14:00
- 5% 0% 0% 82% 5% 3.8m/s
15:00
- 5% 0% 0% 79% 5% 3.8m/s
16:00
- 5% 0% 0% 77% 5% 3.8m/s
17:00
- 5% 0% 2% 78% 5% 3.7m/s
18:00
- 5% 0% 3% 79% 5% 3.5m/s
19:00
- 5% 0% 5% 80% 5% 3.4m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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