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Château de Chillon: sunrise photography forecast

The obvious frame at Chillon points at the sun. The better one points away from it: the castle set against the lake with the Dents du Midi behind, alpenglow working on the distant peaks while the castle itself slides into blue hour. That sequence takes patience and a long lens.

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Will tomorrow's sunrise be worth it?

Simplified forecast from the open model run. The full forecast — a second model, your exact viewpoint, the hourly cloud timeline — is in the app.

Overcast at every sample point, so no direct light gets through.

in 15h 50m

Blocked grey lid

Flat grey light · moody close-ups at best

Little usable cloud structure, or the viewpoint sits inside a uniform lid.

High confidence · event-time scene

Sky colors

Golden hour
Sunrise

Light corridor

Viewer's line of sight, tangent to the Earth at your locationNear-ground relative humidity15% cover — too thin to draw as cloud18% cover — too thin to draw as cloud11% cover — too thin to draw as cloud11% cover — too thin to draw as cloudConnected cloud layer · 0–100% cover · 10–100% visual uncertaintyConnected cloud layer · 31–31% cover · 10–10% visual uncertaintyConnected cloud layer · 0–100% cover · 10–100% visual uncertaintyConnected cloud layer · 45–71% cover · 10–10% visual uncertaintyConnected cloud layer · 49–88% cover · 10–10% visual uncertaintyConnected cloud layer · 0–100% cover · 10–100% visual uncertaintyConnected cloud layer · 53–100% cover · 10–100% visual uncertaintyConnected cloud layer · 11–100% cover · 45–45% visual uncertainty50 km · 2.0 km of air with no pressure level in it — the decks above and below are measured, this span is notmid cloud · 100% reported, 72% resolved on a pressure surface — 28% is somewhere between 3 and 8 kmlow cloud · 86% reported, 69% resolved on a pressure surface — 17% is somewhere between 0.37 and 3 kmlow cloud · 100% reported, 71% resolved on a pressure surface — 29% is somewhere between 1.75 and 3 kmmid cloud · 92% reported, 72% resolved on a pressure surface — 20% is somewhere between 3 and 8 kmlow cloud · 97% reported, 56% resolved on a pressure surface — 41% is somewhere between 1.83 and 3 kmmid cloud · 98% reported, 72% resolved on a pressure surface — 26% is somewhere between 3 and 8 kmhigh cloud · 100% reported, 35% resolved on a pressure surface — 65% is somewhere between 8 and 12 kmlow cloud · 89% reported, 0% resolved on a pressure surface — 89% is somewhere between 2.13 and 3 kmlow cloud · 46% reported, 0% resolved on a pressure surface — 46% is somewhere between 2.33 and 3 km

-5 km

Behind you

8/8L 93 · M 100 · H 5987% · rain 0.6 mm27.6 km

Your location

370 m asl

8/8L 86 · M 100 · H 5694% · rain 0.6 mm17 km

5 km

Nearby

8/8L 100 · M 92 · H 10098% · rain 1.5 mm500 m

20 km

Near horizon

8/8L 97 · M 98 · H 10094% · rain 1.7 mm16.4 km

50 km

Light path

8/8L 89 · M 97 · H 10091%20.7 km

100 km

Light path

8/8L 46 · M 29 · H 10086%27.2 km

150 km

Far light path

8/8L 0 · M 87 · H 10069%39.9 km

200 km

Far light path

8/8L 80 · M 88 · H 10086%26 km

300 km

Far light path

8/8L 0 · M 0 · H 10095%14.9 km

350 km

Far light path

8/8L 37 · M 0 · H 10089%26.4 km
cloud-cover fieldinterpolation uncertaintysun directionnear-ground humiditycloud at unresolved heightmodelled underlightunderlight · height uncertainunderlight · lit on one readinglit but hidden behind nearer cloud

Terrain is drawn for illustration only — it is not used to calculate underlight or obstruction.

Forecast refreshed a few hours before sunrise.

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For photographers: shooting Château de Chillon

Best months

All year. Autumn and winter put the alpenglow lower and often stronger on the Dents du Midi.

Suggested focal lengths

70–200 mm is the working lens — it controls how large the mountains sit behind the castle and keeps empty water out of the frame

Composition

Walk both sides of the castle before you set up. The relationship between castle and mountains changes fast with a few metres of position.

Recommended arrival

An hour before sunset, and plan to stay 30 minutes past it for the blue-hour frame.

Access planning

Train to Veytaux-Chillon (about 6 minutes on foot), bus 201, car, or the lake boat.

Parking: Paid parking near the castle; the rail stop is closer

Approach: Level lakeside path

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