Rio de Janeiro sunset forecast

Today · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · America/Sao_Paulo

A promising evening if the horizon holds.

77/100

Good

Upper cloud 42%. Strong canvas. Low cloud on the horizon. Visibility 18 km.

Golden-hour window
17:42 – 18:29
Sunset
18:13
Illustrative sky, not a live view or a prediction.

Evening light

16:1317:1318:1319:13

Seven-day outlook

Why this score

Upper cloud 42%. Strong canvas. Low cloud on the horizon. Visibility 18 km.

Horizon clarity
45% · mixed
Visibility
18 km
Photography details

Golden hour

17:42 – 18:29

Low, warm light before and just after sunset.

Blue hour

18:29 – 18:38

Cooler twilight after the warm light fades.

High cloud
57%
colour canvas
Low cloud
32%
horizon block
Visibility
18.4 km
atmospheric reach
Rain chance
4%
during the window

Light windows are astronomical estimates. Clouds, hills and buildings can change what you see. Understand the light windows

Forecasts are estimates. All times are local to America/Sao_Paulo.

Rio de Janeiro sunset outlook

On in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, sunset is at 18:13. Skying rates the conditions 77/100 (Good). Upper cloud 42%. Strong canvas. Low cloud on the horizon. Visibility 18 km.

Weather data retrieved . All times are local to America/Sao_Paulo. Longer-range forecasts are less certain.

Seven-day sunset and photography outlook · America/Sao_Paulo
DateSunsetQualityGolden hourBlue hour
18:1377/100 · Good17:42 – 18:2918:29 – 18:38
18:1483/100 · Excellent17:43 – 18:2918:29 – 18:39
18:1453/100 · Average17:44 – 18:3018:30 – 18:39
18:1562/100 · Average17:44 – 18:3118:31 – 18:40
18:1662/100 · Average17:45 – 18:3118:31 – 18:41
18:1673/100 · Good17:46 – 18:3218:32 – 18:42
18:1785/100 · Excellent17:46 – 18:3318:33 – 18:42

Golden hour uses a solar altitude of +6° to −4°; blue hour uses −4° to −6°. These are astronomical estimates, not guarantees of colour. “No complete interval” means the sun does not cross both limits for this evening.

Forecasts describe conditions near Rio de Janeiro (-22.907, -43.173). Buildings, hills and local weather can change what you see. A high score is not a probability or a promise.

Weather: Open-Meteo. Place search: OpenStreetMap contributors via Photon. How Skying calculates the score · Understanding golden hour