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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 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.

in 8h 18m

Partly lit cloud edges

Little usable low-sun light expected

Sky colors

Golden hour
Sunrise

Light corridor: open

Why: The sun's path is clear at the height its low light travels, so the light can reach the clouds at sunrise.

  • Light path: clear (25% blocking cloud at the ray's height)
  • Sun: likely hidden. Thick low cloud toward the horizon (100%) will likely block the sun.
Viewer's line of sight, tangent to the Earth at your locationNear-ground relative humidity9% cover — too thin to draw as cloudConnected cloud layer · 33–33% cover · 10–10% visual uncertaintyConnected cloud layer · 0–100% cover · 10–100% visual uncertaintyConnected cloud layer · 20–43% cover · 10–25% visual uncertaintyConnected cloud layer · 37–41% cover · 10–10% visual uncertaintyConnected cloud layer · 0–100% cover · 25–25% visual uncertaintyConnected cloud layer · 43–43% cover · 10–10% visual uncertaintyConnected cloud layer · 0–100% cover · 25–25% visual uncertaintyConnected cloud layer · 81–100% cover · 25–25% visual uncertaintyConnected cloud layer · 100–100% cover · 10–10% visual uncertaintylow cloud · 85% reported, 41% resolved on a pressure surface — 44% is somewhere between 0.42 and 3 kmmid cloud · 92% reported, 0% resolved on a pressure surface — 92% is somewhere between 3 and 8 kmlow cloud · 100% reported, 37% resolved on a pressure surface — 63% is somewhere between 0.41 and 3 kmmid cloud · 74% reported, 0% resolved on a pressure surface — 74% is somewhere between 3 and 8 kmlow cloud · 86% reported, 54% resolved on a pressure surface — 32% is somewhere between 0.81 and 3 kmlow cloud · 84% reported, 21% resolved on a pressure surface — 63% is somewhere between 1.07 and 3 kmmid cloud · 100% reported, 81% resolved on a pressure surface — 19% is somewhere between 3 and 8 kmlow cloud · 49% reported, 0% resolved on a pressure surface — 49% is somewhere between 1.75 and 3 kmlow cloud · 30% reported, 0% resolved on a pressure surface — 30% is somewhere between 1.83 and 3 km-5 km · the model says the lowest depicted cloud underside may catch orange light-5 km · the model says the lowest depicted cloud underside may catch red light0 km · the model says the lowest depicted cloud underside may catch orange light0 km · the model says the lowest depicted cloud underside may catch red light5 km · the model says the lowest depicted cloud underside may catch red light5 km · the model says the lowest depicted cloud underside may catch red light20 km · the model says the lowest depicted cloud underside may catch red light20 km · the model says the lowest depicted cloud underside may catch red light50 km · the model says the lowest depicted cloud underside may catch red light100 km · the model says the lowest depicted cloud underside may catch red light

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

cloud-cover fieldinterpolation uncertaintysun directionnear-ground humiditycloud at unresolved heightmodelled underlightunderlight · height uncertainunderlight · lit on one readinglit but hidden behind nearer cloud

Forecast refreshed a few hours before sunrise.

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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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