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Zug Lakeside Promenade: sunrise photography forecast

Zug gives you a mountain sunset without a mountain. The promenade sits right on the lake with Pilatus and the Central Alps closing the view across the water, and it is a few minutes' walk from the station with cafés and cover if the weather turns. The city itself advertises the sunsets, which tells you something.

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Will today'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 38m

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 humidityConnected 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 · 0–100% cover · 10–100% visual uncertaintyConnected cloud layer · 0–100% cover · 10–100% visual uncertaintyConnected cloud layer · 0–100% cover · 10–65% visual uncertainty0 km · 1.6 km of air with no pressure level in it — the decks above and below are measured, this span is not5 km · 1.6 km of air with no pressure level in it — the decks above and below are measured, this span is not50 km · 1.6 km of air with no pressure level in it — the decks above and below are measured, this span is not50 km · 2.0 km of air with no pressure level in it — the decks above and below are measured, this span is not100 km · 1.6 km of air with no pressure level in it — the decks above and below are measured, this span is not100 km · 2.0 km of air with no pressure level in it — the decks above and below are measured, this span is notlow cloud · 93% reported, 35% resolved on a pressure surface — 58% is somewhere between 1.18 and 3 kmlow cloud · 87% reported, 0% resolved on a pressure surface — 87% is somewhere between 2.47 and 3 km

-5 km

Behind you

8/8L 83 · M 100 · H 092% · rain 1.2 mm20.6 km

Your location

410 m asl

8/8L 76 · M 100 · H 083% · rain 1.1 mm20.2 km

5 km

Nearby

8/8L 82 · M 100 · H 3094% · rain 1.3 mm15.8 km

20 km

Near horizon

8/8L 90 · M 100 · H 5489% · rain 0.7 mm23.7 km

50 km

Light path

8/8L 93 · M 100 · H 10085%33.2 km

100 km

Light path

8/8L 87 · M 100 · H 10088%24.7 km

150 km

Far light path

8/8L 48 · M 80 · H 10083%33.6 km

200 km

Far light path

8/8L 39 · M 67 · H 10081%32.9 km

300 km

Far light path

8/8L 76 · M 0 · H 10097%1 km

350 km

Far light path

8/8L 100 · M 63 · H 100100%100 m
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.

Clarity: Reduced

Forecast refreshed a few hours before sunrise.

Know the light
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For photographers: shooting Zug Lakeside Promenade

Best months

All year. Winter brings the sharpest air and the lowest sun angles.

Suggested focal lengths

24–70 mm covers most of it; wider for reflections and big cloud; 70–200 mm to compress Pilatus over the water

Composition

Use the jetties, boats and the old town edge as foreground. The reflection is usually the picture, not the sky.

Recommended arrival

30 minutes before sunset is plenty — walk the promenade and pick a jetty.

Access planning

Train or car to Zug, then walk through the old town to the lakeside.

Parking: City parking near the old town; the promenade is a short walk

Approach: Level walk on paved promenade

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