Sunshine hours in Bangkok: 2,214 hours a year, month by month

Bangkok gets 2,214 hours of sunshine a year on average (6.1 a day). Sunniest month: March with 234 hours. Every month, measured 1991–2020.

• Bangkok gets 2,214 hours of sunshine a year on average, 6.1 a day – 50% of the astronomically possible. The sunniest month is March with 234 hours (7.5 a day), the dullest August with 129 (4.2 a day).
• Number 6 of 48 large cities in Thailand.
• Nearest weather station: Bangkok, 7 km away – 1991–2020 average, Deutscher Wetterdienst.

Sunshine hours month by month

• January: 216 h · 7.0 h a day · 61 %
• February: 216 h · 7.7 h a day · 66 %
• March: 234 h · 7.5 h a day · 63 %
• April: 227 h · 7.6 h a day · 61 %
• May: 196 h · 6.3 h a day · 50 %
• June: 158 h · 5.3 h a day · 41 %
• July: 141 h · 4.5 h a day · 35 %
• August: 129 h · 4.2 h a day · 33 %
• September: 130 h · 4.3 h a day · 35 %
• October: 158 h · 5.1 h a day · 43 %
• November: 195 h · 6.5 h a day · 57 %
• December: 214 h · 6.9 h a day · 61 %

Questions about sunshine hours

• How many hours of sunshine does Bangkok get a year? On average over 1991–2020 the sun shines in Bangkok for 2,214 hours a year – 6.1 hours a day and 50% of the time the sun is above the horizon.
• What is the sunniest month in Bangkok? March, with 234 hours of sunshine, 7.5 a day on average. The least sun comes in August: 129 hours, 4.2 a day.
• Is Bangkok a sunny city? Among the 48 large cities in Thailand with measurements, Bangkok ranks number 6.
• Where do the figures come from? From the 1991–2020 climate normals of Deutscher Wetterdienst: Germany from its own station network, the rest of the world from the CLIMAT reports of the national weather services. Bangkok uses the station Bangkok.
• What counts as an hour of sunshine? By the World Meteorological Organization's definition the sun is shining once its direct radiation exceeds 120 watts per square metre. Just after sunrise and before sunset it is often too weak – which is why even deserts never reach 100%.

The sunniest large cities: United Kingdom

• 1. Southend-on-Sea: 1,846 h a year
• 2. Southampton: 1,780 h a year
• 3. Norwich: 1,719 h a year
• 4. London: 1,675 h a year
• 5. Plymouth: 1,673 h a year
• 6. Bristol: 1,654 h a year
• 7. Swansea: 1,644 h a year
• 8. Sheffield: 1,631 h a year
• 9. Edinburgh: 1,575 h a year
• 10. Birmingham: 1,490 h a year

The cloudiest large cities: United Kingdom

• 1. Glasgow: 1,153 h a year
• 2. Belfast: 1,372 h a year
• 3. Aberdeen: 1,448 h a year
• 4. Leeds: 1,488 h a year

The sunniest large cities in the world

• 1. Dubai: 3,610 h a year
• 2. Victoria de Durango: 3,573 h a year
• 3. Abu Dhabi: 3,522 h a year
• 4. Hermosillo: 3,479 h a year
• 5. Kassala: 3,451 h a year
• 6. Iranshahr: 3,410 h a year
• 7. Dammam: 3,391 h a year
• 8. Gaborone: 3,388 h a year
• 9. Zahedan: 3,386 h a year
• 10. Yazd: 3,381 h a year

The cloudiest large cities in the world

• 1. Chengdu: 962 h a year
• 2. Chongqing: 985 h a year
• 3. Sukabumi: 1,082 h a year
• 4. Glasgow: 1,153 h a year
• 5. Tanjung Pinang: 1,172 h a year
• 6. Medan: 1,201 h a year
• 7. Samarinda: 1,275 h a year
• 8. Sungai Penuh: 1,311 h a year
• 9. Limerick: 1,339 h a year
• 10. Huaihua: 1,352 h a year

• Data: Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), sunshine duration climate normals 1991–2020, CC BY 4.0. Possible hours: time between sunrise and sunset.