Sunshine Hours Page
Annual Total of Sunshine Hours for Various CitiesA selected bibliography is at the bottom of this page.
Note: An average of 12 hours of sun per day, for an entire year would be 4380 sunshine hours.
One third of that, or an average of 3.5 hours a day for a year would be 1278 sunshine hours.
In Yuma, Arizona, the highest possible number of hours of sunshine is 4,456.
On average, 91% of the time that it is possible to be sunny in Yuma, it is.
SUNSHINE HOURS City or Location NATION and sub-national jurisdiction (if applicable) Sunshine Hours Eastern Sahara Desert Africa - located in EGYPT, LIBYA, TUNISIA, ALGERIA, CHAD, and SUDAN (Sunniest location on Earth) 4300 Yuma Arizona, UNITED STATES (Most sunny settlement in the world) 4055 Phoenix Arizona, UNITED STATES 4020 Wadi Haifa SUDAN 4010 Bordj Omar Driss ALGERIA 4010 Keetmanshoop NAMIBIA 4010 Aoulef ALGERIA 4005 Upington SOUTH AFRICA 4005 Atbara SUDAN 4005 Mariental NAMIBIA 4000 Bilma NIGER 4000 Kailua-Kona Hawaii, UNITED STATES (on the island of Hawaii. Sunniest place on any coastline that is part of the United States) 3990 Adrar ALGERIA 3978 Las Vegas Nevada, UNITED STATES 3896 Tucson Arizona, UNITED STATES 3800 Fort Worth Texas, UNITED STATES 3610 El Paso Texas, UNITED STATES 3546 Bali INDONESIA 3530 Rhodes GREECE (Sunniest place in Europe). 3500 Nerja SPAIN 3499 Amarillo Texas, UNITED STATES 3495 Crete GREECE 3494 Albuquerque New Mexico, UNITED STATES 3408 Santa Barbara California, UNITED STATES 3400 Los Angeles California, UNITED STATES 3379 Reno Nevada, UNITED STATES 3370 Nicosia CYPRUS 3282 Tel Aviv ISRAEL 3250 Saint Lucia SAINT LUCIA 3249 Irvine California, UNITED STATES 3200 San Luis Obispo California, UNITED STATES 3200 Bridgetown BARBADOS 3179 Johannesburg SOUTH AFRICA 3126 San Diego California, UNITED STATES 3119 Cape Town SOUTH AFRICA 3093 Darwin Northern Territory, AUSTRALIA (Sunniest place in Australia). 3066 Salt Lake City Utah, UNITED STATES 3064 Malta MALTA 3050 Tampa Florida, UNITED STATES 3019 BARBADOS 3015 Faro, The Algarve PORTUGAL 3000 Fort Lauderdale Florida, UNITED STATES 3000 Oklahoma City Oklahoma, UNITED STATES 2999 San Francisco California, UNITED STATES 2906 Nairobi KENYA 2983 Orlando Florida, UNITED STATES 2983 Seville SPAIN 2885 TURKS & CAICOS 2861 Galveston Texas, UNITED STATES 2850 San Jose GUATEMALA 2849 Perth Western Australia, AUSTRALIA 2847 San Juan Puerto Rico, UNITED STATES 2845 Grand Cayman CAYMAN ISLANDS 2831 Little Rock Arkansas, UNITED STATES 2831 GRENADA 2831 MAURITIUS 2831 Wichita Kansas, UNITED STATES 2827 Lhasa Tibet, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 2823 Omaha Nebraska, UNITED STATES 2817 Memphis Tennessee, UNITED STATES 2808 Jacksonville Florida, UNITED STATES 2802 Jackson Mississippi, UNITED STATES 2800 Atlanta Georgia, UNITED STATES 2776 Boise Idaho, UNITED STATES 2768 Des Moines Iowa, UNITED STATES 2766 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 2739 Brisbane AUSTRALIA 2738 Norfolk Virginia, UNITED STATES 2735 Raleigh North Carolina, UNITED STATES 2724 Brownsville Texas, UNITED STATES 2723 San Antonio Texas, UNITED STATES 2721 Kingston JAMAICA 2709 Marseilles FRANCE 2703 Guilheiro PORTUGAL 2700 St. Louis Missouri, UNITED STATES 2693 New York New York, UNITED STATES 2685 Cincinnati Ohio, UNITED STATES 2670 Helena Montana, UNITED STATES 2666 Lisbon PORTUGAL 2666 Bismark North Dakota, UNITED STATES 2658 Bangkok THAILAND 2648 Chicago Illinois, UNITED STATES 2645 New Orleans Louisiana, UNITED STATES 2642 Canberra AUSTRALIA 2628 Philadelphia Pennsylvania, UNITED STATES 2627 Minneapolis Minnesota, UNITED STATES 2614 Knoxville Tennessee, UNITED STATES 2603 Portland Maine, UNITED STATES 2586 Spokane Washington, UNITED STATES 2583 Washington DC UNITED STATES 2583 Boston Massachusetts, UNITED STATES 2561 Nice FRANCE 2557 Adelaide AUSTRALIA 2555 Florence ITALY 2555 Harbin PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 2528 Asheville North Carolina, UNITED STATES 2519 Estevan Saskatchewan, CANADA (Sunshine Capital of Canada) 2500 FIJI 2496 HONDURAS 2484 Pula CROATIA 2480 Coronation Alberta, CANADA (Sunniest place in Alberta) 2450 Suffield Alberta, CANADA 2446 Sydney New South Wales, AUSTRALIA 2446 Penang MALAYSIA 2435 Medicine Hat Alberta, CANADA 2433 Moose Jaw Saskatchewan, CANADA 2400 Beijing PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 2403 Nelson NEW ZEALAND (Sunniest place in New Zealand) 2400 Calgary Alberta, CANADA 2395 Saskatoon Saskatchewan, CANADA 2380 Winnipeg Manitoba, CANADA 2377 Kampala UGANDA 2373 Magrath Alberta, CANADA 2370 Detroit Michigan, UNITED STATES 2367 Regina Saskatchewan, CANADA 2365 Buffalo New York, UNITED STATES 2346 Koper SLOVENIA 2346 Cleveland Ohio, UNITED STATES 2344 Urumqi PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 2325 Lower Fort Garry Manitoba, CANADA 2321 Edmonton Alberta, CANADA 2303 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, UNITED STATES 2303 Roseburg Oregon, UNITED STATES 2293 Cranbrook British Columbia, CANADA 2229 Fort St. John British Columbia, CANADA 2213 Wairoa/Hawke Bay NEW ZEALAND 2200 Forthside Tasmania, AUSTRALIA 2192 Brandon Manitoba, CANADA 2187 Thunder Bay Ontario, CANADA 2183 Prince Albert Saskatchewan, CANADA 2171 Portland Oregon, UNITED STATES 2155 Burlington Vermont, UNITED STATES 2144 Red Deer Alberta, CANADA 2133 Sault Ste. Marie Michigan, UNITED STATES 2125 Victoria British Columbia, CANADA 2082 Melbourne AUSTRALIA 2081 Hamilton Ontario, CANADA 2079 St.Catherines-Niagara Ontario, CANADA 2079 Mexico City MEXICO 2070 Auckland NEW ZEALAND 2070 Ottawa-Hull Ontario, CANADA 2054 Kamloops British Columbia, CANADA 2053 Great Hungarian Plain HUNGARY 2050 Seattle Washington, UNITED STATES 2049 Ashcroft British Columbia, CANADA 2048 Cache Creek British Columbia, CANADA 2048 Logan Lake British Columbia, CANADA 2048 Windsor Ontario, CANADA 2045 Hobart Tasmania, AUSTRALIA 2044 Toronto Ontario, CANADA 2038 Wellington NEW ZEALAND 2035 Merritt British Columbia, CANADA 2030 Oshawa Ontario, CANADA 2025 Montreal Quebec, CANADA 2015 Penticton British Columbia, CANADA 2005 Salt Spring Island British Columbia, CANADA 2004 Kelowna British Columbia, CANADA 2000 Lytton British Columbia, CANADA 1988 Kitchener Ontario, CANADA 1969 Tokyo JAPAN 1965 North Bay Ontario, CANADA 1960 Sudbury Ontario, CANADA 1960 Halifax Nova Scotia, CANADA 1949 Prince George British Columbia, CANADA 1942 Moncton New Brunswick, CANADA 1939 Sept-Iles Quebec, CANADA 1938 Fredericton New Brunswick, CANADA 1929 Vancouver British Columbia, CANADA 1919 Quebec City Quebec, CANADA 1910 Trois Rivieres Quebec, CANADA 1910 Vernon British Columbia, CANADA 1903 Sherbrooke Quebec, CANADA 1901 Wellington NEW ZEALAND 1900 Whangarei NEW ZEALAND 1900 St.John New Brunswick, CANADA 1894 University of Ibadan NIGERIA 1894 Juneau ALASKA 1887 Castlegar British Columbia, CANADA 1859 London Ontario, CANADA 1858 Whitehorse Yukon, CANADA 1852 Surrey British Columbia, CANADA 1848 Nanaimo British Columbia, CANADA 1845 Charlottetown Prince Edward Island, CANADA 1844 Chase British Columbia, CANADA 1840 Berlin GERMANY 1837 White Rock British Columbia, CANADA 1828 Burns Lake British Columbia, CANADA 1821 Sidney Nova Scotia, CANADA 1804 Mackenzie British Columbia, CANADA 1800 Maple Ridge British Columbia, CANADA 1800 Powell River British Columbia, CANADA 1776 Wuhan PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 1764 Bognor Regis, West Sussex UNITED KINGDOM (Sunniest place in Britain) 1750 Ljubljana SLOVENIA 1735 Manitouwadge Ontario, CANADA 1700 Munich GERMANY 1680 Smithers British Columbia, CANADA 1680 Chicoutimi Quebec, CANADA 1676 Guernsey Channel Islands, UNITED KINGDOM 1652 Hong Kong PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 1652 Agassiz British Columbia, CANADA 1647 Dunedin NEW ZEALAND 1645 Copenhagen DENMARK 1644 Frankfurt (1996) GERMANY 1643 Churchill Falls Newfoundland, CANADA 1618 Berlin (1996) GERMANY 1607 Hamburg (1996) GERMANY 1607 Guangzhou PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 1600 Revelstoke British Columbia, CANADA 1598 Brussels (1996) BELGIUM 1534 St.John's Newfoundland, CANADA 1527 Cologne GERMANY 1534 Shanghai PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 1531 Resolute Northwest Territories, CANADA 1521 Iqaluit Nunavut, CANADA 1508 Venlo NETHERLANDS 1508 Sandspit British Columbia, CANADA 1496 London England, UNITED KINGDOM 1494 Devon England, UNITED KINGDOM 1464 Abisko Lapland, SWEDEN 1460 Glasgow Scotland, UNITED KINGDOM 1400 Cork IRELAND 1383 Dublin IRELAND 1376 Manchester (present day) England, UNITED KINGDOM 1359 Edinburgh Scotland, UNITED KINGDOM 1351 Kilkenny IRELAND 1307 Sheffield England, UNITED KINGDOM 1230 Prince Rupert British Columbia, CANADA (Cloudiness Capital of Canada) 1212 Manchester (in 1960) England, UNITED KINGDOM (at a time of much greater pollution) 970
The Doldrums, an area of the Pacific Ocean on the route from Hawaii to Tahiti, is known to be the cloudiest place on Earth.
The South Pole in Antarctica is the least sunny place on Earth.
182 days out of the year, there is no sunshine - at all.Neilsen, the Antarctica, is also the world's darkest place - at some days in the
winter the light is barely measurable using scientific instruments.
Average Daily Sun Hours, Continental U.S.
Average Daily Sun Hours in Winter, Continental U.S.
The preceding images were downloaded from the Stafix Fencing Website .
Disclaimer:
This information is taken from a variety of sources on the World Wide Web. The author of this website takes no responsibility for the comparative accuracy of these readings, taken in a wide variety of environments with a wide variety of instruments and some variation in methodology.
Selected Bibliography
Bureau of Meteorology, Australia. See following link for Average Daily Sunshine Hours for Australian Cities.
Campbell Scientific in the UK. Click here for link on how to calculate sunshine hours.
China.org - click the following link for sunshine hours of major Chinese cities.
Environment Canada website at http://www.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/canada_e.html
John's Virtual Cafe where table which was the inspiration for this page is posted.
The Met Office - The United Kingdom's national weather service at http://www.met-office.gov.uk
NASA's Solar Data Analysis Center
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand. See following link for Percentages of Daily Sunshine Hours in New Zealand.
Skopelos.net in Greece. Click here for some Greek sunshine hours data posted on Skiathos info website.
World Meteorological Office at http://www.wmo.ch/indexflash.html
Click here to the Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Page
Last updated on Sunday, March 14, 2004
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