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Rule Blue Hour

Blue Hour Forecast for Helsinki, Southern Finland

Helsingfors, Uusimaa, Finland

Granite shores, low Baltic islands, Suomenlinna’s fortifications, and neoclassical waterfront buildings give Helsinki varied maritime foregrounds.

Currently

Real-time conditions
Cloud Cover58%
Moon Altitude10.2°

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/Helsinki

No opportunities in the next 14 days

See which requirements block the most forecast hours below.

Most common blockers (95-hour forecast)

  • Blue Hour Quality97% of hours
  • Blue Hour88% of hours
  • Precipitation Chance64% of hours

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Blue Hour conditions across Southern Finland. The requirements and hourly values below show how those signals apply at Helsinki.

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Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days
11
recorded matching windows · 71% average confidence
Last 90 days
39
recorded matching windows · 73% average confidence
Last 365 days
104
recorded matching windows · 75% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

22:00 local time, shared by 18 of 104 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

April, with 39 of 104 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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95-hour requirements breakdown

When available, the detailed table below covers only the stated 95-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
0matching hours in the next 95 hours
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/Helsinki
Blue Hour
Any
Blue Hour Quality
≥ 65.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 15.0%
Mon, Aug 17
17:0013%50%
18:0016%43%
19:0018%42%
20:0025%40%
21:0075%39%
22:0067%38%
23:0029%19%
Tue, Aug 18
24:0022%0%
01:0017%7.4%
02:0025%15%
03:0032%22%
04:0058%3.3%
05:0046%6.7%
06:0026%10%
07:0029%14%
08:0030%18%
09:0031%22%
10:0032%0%
11:0027%0%
12:0028%0%
13:0018%13%
14:0020%26%
15:0018%39%
16:0018%26%
17:0021%13%
18:0021%0%
19:0024%0%
20:0024%0%
21:0063%0%
22:0058%0%
23:0030%0%
Wed, Aug 19
24:0030%0%
01:0030%0%
02:0030%0%
03:0029%0%
04:0061%0%
05:0060%0%
06:0024%0%
07:0025%7.4%
08:0026%15%
09:0026%22%
10:0028%15%
11:0031%7.4%
12:0033%0%
13:0025%7.4%
14:0022%15%
15:0019%22%
16:0019%15%
17:0022%7.4%
18:0027%0%
19:0031%7.4%
20:0030%15%
21:0084%22%
22:0070%22%
23:0035%22%
Thu, Aug 20
24:0033%22%
01:0036%48%
02:0031%74%
03:0030%100%
04:0056%74%
05:0061%47%
06:0022%21%
07:0016%25%
08:0017%30%
09:0017%34%
10:0017%32%
11:0017%31%
12:0017%30%
13:0017%32%
14:0017%35%
15:0015%37%
16:0013%36%
17:0013%34%
18:0013%32%
19:0013%37%
20:0013%41%
21:0029%46%
22:0032%45%
23:0022%45%
Fri, Aug 21
24:0019%44%
01:0017%44%
02:0020%44%
03:0026%44%
04:0023%47%
05:0020%50%
06:000.7%52%
07:000.6%62%
08:000.6%71%
09:000.4%80%
10:000.8%71%
11:000.9%62%
12:001.2%52%
13:001.3%51%
14:002%49%
15:002.8%47%
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/Helsinki
Blue Hour
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
Relative Humidity
%
Solar Elevation
°
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Visibility
m
Wind Speed
m/s
Tue, Aug 18 Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 21:05
17:00
- 6% 53% 48% 52% 29° 58% 24135m 2.6m/s
18:00
- 100% 41% 5% 51% 22° 100% 24135m 2m/s
19:00
- 100% 21% 5% 53% 14° 100% 24135m 1.7m/s
20:00
- 100% 14% 5% 61% 6.9° 100% 24134m 1.3m/s
21:00
- 68% 11% 2% 61% 0.33° 68% 24135m 2.1m/s
22:00
- 68% 5% 0% 62% -6.3° 68% 24135m 3m/s
23:00
- 48% 5% 0% 64% -11° 48% 24134m 2.8m/s
Wed, Aug 19 Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 21:05
24:00
- 39% 5% 0% 68% -15° 39% 24134m 2.8m/s
01:00
- 18% 5% 0% 74% -17° 18% 24135m 2.6m/s
02:00
- 19% 5% 0% 78% -17° 19% 24135m 2.6m/s
03:00
- 15% 4% 1% 82% -14° 16% 24134m 2.5m/s
04:00
- 40% 4% 1% 84% -11° 40% 24134m 2.5m/s
05:00
- 14% 5% 2% 86% -5.3° 14% 24135m 2.6m/s
06:00
- 14% 5% 0% 88% 1.4° 14% 24134m 2.8m/s
07:00
- 20% 3% 0% 83% 8.2° 20% 24134m 3m/s
08:00
- 14% 1% 0% 72% 16° 14% 24134m 3.4m/s
09:00
- 14% 0% 0% 61% 23° 14% 24135m 3.2m/s
10:00
- 0% 0% 0% 53% 30° 0% 24135m 3.3m/s
11:00
- 0% 0% 0% 47% 36° 0% 24134m 3.2m/s
12:00
- 0% 0% 0% 41% 40° 0% 24134m 3m/s
13:00
- 0% 4% 0% 38% 42° 4% 24135m 3.3m/s
14:00
- 0% 4% 0% 38% 42° 4% 24134m 3.7m/s
15:00
- 5% 7% 0% 38% 39° 7% 24135m 4.4m/s
16:00
- 5% 16% 0% 40% 35° 16% 24134m 5.5m/s
17:00
- 5% 15% 0% 42% 28° 16% 24134m 6.3m/s
18:00
- 5% 6% 0% 40% 21° 7% 24135m 5.5m/s
19:00
- 5% 0% 0% 41% 14° 5% 24135m 4.8m/s
20:00
- 57% 0% 0% 45% 6.6° 57% 24134m 4.6m/s
21:00
- 19% 0% 0% 53% 0.06° 19% 24134m 3.2m/s
22:00
- 15% 0% 1% 60% -6.7° 15% 24134m 3m/s
23:00
- 14% 0% 3% 66% -12° 14% 24134m 2.9m/s
Thu, Aug 20 Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 21:02
24:00
- 8% 0% 0% 70% -15° 8% 24134m 2.8m/s
01:00
- 0% 0% 0% 74% -17° 0% 24135m 2.7m/s
02:00
- 4% 0% 4% 76% -17° 4% 24134m 2.6m/s
03:00
- 44% 0% 5% 77% -15° 44% 24135m 2.5m/s
04:00
- 60% 0% 6% 78% -11° 60% 24134m 2.3m/s
05:00
- 10% 1% 5% 78% -5.5° 10% 24134m 1.9m/s
06:00
- 55% 5% 9% 78% 1.2° 55% 24134m 1.6m/s
07:00
- 70% 5% 53% 73% 70% 24134m 1.3m/s
08:00
- 14% 5% 14% 62% 15° 15% 24135m 1m/s
09:00
- 88% 12% 74% 53% 23° 88% 24134m 0.92m/s
10:00
- 100% 6% 100% 46% 30° 100% 24134m 0.74m/s
11:00
- 20% 5% 87% 43% 35° 87% 24134m 1.3m/s
12:00
- 26% 19% 74% 41% 40° 74% 24134m 2m/s
13:00
- 57% 64% 11% 40% 42° 64% 24135m 3.1m/s
14:00
- 100% 98% 81% 42% 42° 100% 24135m 3.5m/s
15:00
- 100% 100% 100% 57% 39° 100% 21255m 4m/s
16:00
- 100% 100% 100% 88% 34° 100% 15050m 2.7m/s
17:00
- 97% 100% 76% 93% 28° 100% 22474m 2m/s
18:00
- 85% 99% 100% 93% 21° 100% 8090m 2.1m/s
19:00
- 93% 95% 100% 96% 14° 100% 11038m 1.8m/s
20:00
- 100% 98% 100% 95% 6.3° 100% 24135m 1.8m/s
21:00
- 26% 100% 91% 96% -0.42° 100% 24134m 2.4m/s
22:00
- 17% 67% 61% 90% -7° 67% 24134m 2.6m/s
23:00
- 9% 34% 31% 83% -12° 35% 24135m 2.8m/s
Fri, Aug 21 Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 20:59
24:00
- 1% 2% 1% 76% -16° 2% 24135m 3m/s
01:00
- 7% 3% 31% 78% -17° 32% 24135m 4.6m/s
02:00
- 14% 5% 61% 81% -17° 61% 24135m 6.1m/s
03:00
- 20% 7% 90% 83% -15° 90% 24135m 7.7m/s
04:00
- 47% 38% 94% 83% -11° 94% 20430m 7.8m/s
05:00
- 73% 69% 97% 84% -5.8° 97% 16726m 8m/s
06:00
- 100% 100% 100% 84% 0.93° 100% 13021m 8.1m/s
07:00
- 100% 100% 100% 86% 7.7° 100% 10285m 7.6m/s
08:00
- 100% 100% 100% 89% 15° 100% 7548m 7.1m/s
09:00
- 100% 100% 100% 91% 22° 100% 4812m 6.6m/s
10:00
- 68% 100% 68% 90% 29° 100% 11253m 5.7m/s
11:00
- 36% 100% 37% 89% 35° 100% 17694m 4.7m/s
12:00
- 3% 100% 5% 88% 39° 100% 24135m 3.8m/s
13:00
- 2% 69% 3% 87% 42° 69% 23138m 4.3m/s
14:00
- 1% 38% 2% 85% 41° 38% 22140m 4.9m/s
15:00
- 0% 7% 0% 84% 39° 7% 21143m 5.5m/s
16:00
- 0% 5% 0% 84% 34° 5% 22140m 5.3m/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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