Sunshine hours in Naha: 1,726 hours a year, month by month

Naha gets 1,726 hours of sunshine a year on average (4.7 a day). Sunniest month: July with 227 hours. Every month, measured 1991–2020.

• Naha gets 1,726 hours of sunshine a year on average, 4.7 a day – 39% of the astronomically possible. The sunniest month is July with 227 hours (7.3 a day), the dullest January with 93 (3.0 a day).
• Number 243 of 275 large cities in Japan.
• Weather station: Naha – 1991–2020 average, Deutscher Wetterdienst.

Sunshine hours month by month

• January: 93 h · 3.0 h a day · 28 %
• February: 93 h · 3.3 h a day · 29 %
• March: 115 h · 3.7 h a day · 31 %
• April: 121 h · 4.0 h a day · 32 %
• May: 138 h · 4.5 h a day · 33 %
• June: 160 h · 5.3 h a day · 39 %
• July: 227 h · 7.3 h a day · 54 %
• August: 206 h · 6.6 h a day · 51 %
• September: 181 h · 6.0 h a day · 49 %
• October: 163 h · 5.3 h a day · 46 %
• November: 122 h · 4.1 h a day · 37 %
• December: 107 h · 3.5 h a day · 33 %

Questions about sunshine hours

• How many hours of sunshine does Naha get a year? On average over 1991–2020 the sun shines in Naha for 1,726 hours a year – 4.7 hours a day and 39% of the time the sun is above the horizon.
• What is the sunniest month in Naha? July, with 227 hours of sunshine, 7.3 a day on average. The least sun comes in January: 93 hours, 3.0 a day.
• Is Naha a sunny city? Among the 275 large cities in Japan with measurements, Naha ranks number 243.
• 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. Naha uses the station Naha.
• 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.