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Rule Golden Hour

Golden Hour Forecast for Durness, Scotland

Durness, Scotland, United Kingdom

Durness combines pale beaches, limestone cliffs, sea caves and exposed moorland, offering clean coastal geometry beneath the far north’s expansive skies.

0 matching opportunities in the 14-day forecast.

Hourly forecast scores

Forecast valid from Sep 20, 2026, 5:00 AM UTC (one hour; not an observation)
Low Cloud Cover100%
Mid Cloud Cover84%
High Cloud Cover0%
Sun Elevation-8.4°

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/London

No matching opportunities in this 14-day forecast

See which requirements block the most forecast hours below.

72-hour requirements breakdown

When available, this detailed table covers only the stated 72-hour horizon (typically 72–168 hours, depending on available hourly data). Opportunity records above span the full 14-day forecast period, so this table does not explain that entire period. Times shown in Europe/London.

Most common blockers

Ranked across the 95-hour forecast horizon, not the full opportunity period.

  • Golden Hour Potential97% of hours
  • Golden Hour83% of hours
  • Precipitation Chance83% of hours
0matching hours in the displayed 72-hour forecast
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/London
Golden Hour
Any
Golden Hour Potential
≥ 80.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 5.0%
Visibility
≥ 1000.0m
Sun, Sep 20
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementGolden Hour Potential: 44%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 100%. Misses requirementVisibility: 58260m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementGolden Hour Potential: 48%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 100%. Misses requirementVisibility: 59220m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 31%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 97%. Misses requirementVisibility: 18660m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 21%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 94%. Misses requirementVisibility: 10020m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 21%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 92%. Misses requirementVisibility: 61120m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 17%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 93%. Misses requirementVisibility: 40740m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 21%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 96%. Misses requirementVisibility: 59340m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 17%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 98%. Misses requirementVisibility: 58120m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 19%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 100%. Misses requirementVisibility: 59620m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 17%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 100%. Misses requirementVisibility: 62920m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 24%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 94%. Misses requirementVisibility: 61000m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 25%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 68%. Misses requirementVisibility: 61980m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementGolden Hour Potential: 92%. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 32%. Misses requirementVisibility: 59240m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementGolden Hour Potential: 93%. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 6%. Misses requirementVisibility: 60160m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 40%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 56740m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 26%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 56640m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 26%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 59380m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 26%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 58060m. Meets requirement
Mon, Sep 21
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 26%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 57320m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 26%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 2%. Meets requirementVisibility: 54360m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 26%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 13%. Misses requirementVisibility: 53340m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 14%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 29%. Misses requirementVisibility: 51800m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 14%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 45%. Misses requirementVisibility: 55420m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 17%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 62%. Misses requirementVisibility: 50160m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementGolden Hour Potential: 50%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 79%. Misses requirementVisibility: 23020m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementGolden Hour Potential: 49%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 92%. Misses requirementVisibility: 27580m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 25%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 97%. Misses requirementVisibility: 38360m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 14%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 98%. Misses requirementVisibility: 39540m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 15%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 98%. Misses requirementVisibility: 14400m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 11%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 100%. Misses requirementVisibility: 18160m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 12%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 100%. Misses requirementVisibility: 9120m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 12%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 94%. Misses requirementVisibility: 12300m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 11%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 75%. Misses requirementVisibility: 17540m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 12%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 50%. Misses requirementVisibility: 12720m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 11%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 29%. Misses requirementVisibility: 14860m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 12%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 17%. Misses requirementVisibility: 21020m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementGolden Hour Potential: 44%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 9%. Misses requirementVisibility: 21660m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementGolden Hour Potential: 48%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 4%. Meets requirementVisibility: 28320m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 22%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 2%. Meets requirementVisibility: 28260m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 11%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirementVisibility: 28780m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 14%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 4%. Meets requirementVisibility: 22720m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 20%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 4%. Meets requirementVisibility: 33000m. Meets requirement
Tue, Sep 22
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 23%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 4%. Meets requirementVisibility: 33600m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 23%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 6%. Misses requirementVisibility: 33980m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 25%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 9%. Misses requirementVisibility: 27940m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 24%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 13%. Misses requirementVisibility: 21750m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 26%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 20%. Misses requirementVisibility: 14145m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 26%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 32%. Misses requirementVisibility: 6020m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementGolden Hour Potential: 40%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 48%. Misses requirementVisibility: 6200m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementGolden Hour Potential: 40%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 61%. Misses requirementVisibility: 6360m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 23%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 71%. Misses requirementVisibility: 12140m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 14%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 78%. Misses requirementVisibility: 13740m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 17%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 82%. Misses requirementVisibility: 15320m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 17%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 80%. Misses requirementVisibility: 17160m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 14%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 74%. Misses requirementVisibility: 19020m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 19%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 67%. Misses requirementVisibility: 20860m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 0%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 61%. Misses requirementVisibility: 20900m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 0%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 54%. Misses requirementVisibility: 20920m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 0%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 49%. Misses requirementVisibility: 20960m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 0%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 47%. Misses requirementVisibility: 21720m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementGolden Hour Potential: 62%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 47%. Misses requirementVisibility: 22480m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementGolden Hour Potential: 63%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 45%. Misses requirementVisibility: 23240m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 0%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 38%. Misses requirementVisibility: 23180m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 0%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 30%. Misses requirementVisibility: 23100m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 0%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 24%. Misses requirementVisibility: 23040m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 0%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 22%. Misses requirementVisibility: 23240m. Meets requirement
Wed, Sep 23
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 0%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 23%. Misses requirementVisibility: 23440m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 0%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 25%. Misses requirementVisibility: 23640m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 0%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 29%. Misses requirementVisibility: 22580m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 0%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 34%. Misses requirementVisibility: 21500m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 0%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 41%. Misses requirementVisibility: 20440m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 0%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 52%. Misses requirementVisibility: 18300m. Meets requirement
How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity).

Supporting forecast inputs

Additional hourly values for interpreting the forecast and any derived scores. See the separate requirements breakdown for rule logic; missing values are unavailable.

Forecast time (Europe/London)Golden HourHigh CloudsLow CloudsMid-Level CloudsRelative HumiditySolar ElevationTotal Cloud CoverageWind Speed
Sun, Sep 20, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%100%84%87%-8.4°100%9.6m/s
Unavailable0%100%100%88%-0.26°100%10m/s
Unavailable0%100%88%85%7.2°100%10m/s
Unavailable0%22%65%81%15°73%9.4m/s
Unavailable0%0%52%76%21°52%10m/s
Unavailable0%54%79%81%27°91%8.9m/s
Unavailable0%99%51%76%31°100%9.1m/s
Unavailable0%51%58%71%32°80%9.8m/s
Unavailable0%39%0%78%32°42%8.8m/s
Unavailable0%72%0%74%29°74%9.1m/s
Unavailable0%61%0%63%24°61%9.1m/s
Unavailable0%7%0%75%17°7%7.3m/s
Unavailable0%3%0%71%10°3%5.8m/s
Unavailable30%0%0%75%2.6°30%4.6m/s
NightUnavailable70%63%0%80%-5.4°89%3.2m/s
NightUnavailable91%20%0%81%-13°92%2.9m/s
NightUnavailable97%0%0%82%-20°98%3.3m/s
NightUnavailable100%94%0%81%-25°100%3.1m/s
Mon, Sep 21, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable100%0%25%84%-29°100%3.3m/s
NightUnavailable100%0%100%85%-31°100%2.5m/s
NightUnavailable100%0%100%87%-30°100%2.4m/s
NightUnavailable100%0%100%88%-27°100%2.3m/s
NightUnavailable100%0%100%84%-22°100%2.3m/s
NightUnavailable96%48%100%78%-16°100%1.9m/s
NightUnavailable100%100%100%87%-8.7°100%2.4m/s
NightUnavailable94%100%100%89%-0.67°100%3.5m/s
Unavailable0%100%90%92%6.9°100%2.5m/s
Unavailable100%100%23%90%14°100%6.2m/s
Unavailable59%100%14%94%21°100%6.8m/s
Unavailable0%91%0%94%27°91%9.7m/s
Unavailable0%99%0%96%30°100%8.4m/s
Unavailable0%100%17%96%32°100%9.4m/s
Unavailable0%97%0%94%31°97%9.7m/s
Unavailable0%98%0%93%28°98%8.8m/s
Unavailable0%97%0%93%23°97%8.7m/s
Unavailable0%88%0%92%17°88%8.1m/s
Unavailable0%97%0%91%9.8°97%7.4m/s
Unavailable0%88%0%87%2.3°88%6.9m/s
NightUnavailable0%95%0%87%-5.8°95%8m/s
NightUnavailable0%93%0%89%-13°96%6.3m/s
NightUnavailable0%77%0%89%-20°91%6.2m/s
NightUnavailable0%98%0%87%-26°100%5.2m/s
Tue, Sep 22, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%88%0%88%-29°98%6.9m/s
NightUnavailable0%63%0%86%-31°91%7.9m/s
NightUnavailable0%100%0%85%-30°100%6.9m/s
NightUnavailable0%94%0%84%-27°98%7.1m/s
NightUnavailable0%52%0%82%-22°74%8.8m/s
NightUnavailable3%67%1%84%-16°74%9m/s
NightUnavailable14%56%32%85%-8.9°80%8.6m/s
NightUnavailable54%93%38%87%-1°100%8.1m/s
Unavailable0%87%4%87%6.6°89%7.5m/s
Unavailable0%58%9%89%14°63%5.7m/s
Unavailable0%34%11%89%21°42%4.6m/s
Unavailable0%23%7%85%26°32%4.8m/s
Unavailable0%18%1%79%30°28%5.6m/s
Unavailable0%17%0%74%32°27%6.1m/s
Unavailable0%23%9%72%31°31%6m/s
Unavailable0%34%23%71%28°39%5.6m/s
Unavailable9%39%30%72%23°50%5.1m/s
Unavailable37%32%20%75%17°67%4.4m/s
Unavailable73%19%3%80%9.4°86%3.5m/s
Unavailable100%8%0%84%1.9°100%2.8m/s
NightUnavailable100%3%27%85%-6.1°100%2.6m/s
NightUnavailable100%1%69%85%-14°100%2.6m/s
NightUnavailable100%0%100%84%-20°100%2.6m/s
NightUnavailable93%0%100%83%-26°100%2.7m/s
Wed, Sep 23, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable84%0%100%82%-30°100%2.8m/s
NightUnavailable80%0%100%82%-31°100%2.9m/s
NightUnavailable87%0%76%84%-31°100%2.8m/s
NightUnavailable98%0%44%87%-28°100%2.6m/s
NightUnavailable100%0%23%90%-23°100%2.4m/s
NightUnavailable82%9%23%93%-16°93%1.9m/s

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Golden Hour conditions across Scotland. The requirements and hourly values above show how those signals apply at Durness.

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Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days
4
recorded matching windows · 71% average confidence
Last 90 days
13
recorded matching windows · 71% average confidence
Last 365 days
64
recorded matching windows · 75% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

21:00 local time, shared by 10 of 64 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

April, with 19 of 64 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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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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