Sunshine hours in Nassau: 2,966 hours a year, month by month

Nassau gets 2,966 hours of sunshine a year on average (8.1 a day). Sunniest month: April with 282 hours. Every month, measured 1991–2020.

• Nassau gets 2,966 hours of sunshine a year on average, 8.1 a day – 67% of the astronomically possible. The sunniest month is April with 282 hours (9.4 a day), the dullest December with 217 (7.0 a day).
• Nearest weather station: Nassau Airp., 12 km away – 1991–2020 average, Deutscher Wetterdienst.

Sunshine hours month by month

• January: 226 h · 7.3 h a day · 68 %
• February: 232 h · 8.3 h a day · 73 %
• March: 270 h · 8.7 h a day · 72 %
• April: 282 h · 9.4 h a day · 74 %
• May: 282 h · 9.1 h a day · 68 %
• June: 234 h · 7.8 h a day · 57 %
• July: 273 h · 8.8 h a day · 65 %
• August: 264 h · 8.5 h a day · 66 %
• September: 225 h · 7.5 h a day · 61 %
• October: 236 h · 7.6 h a day · 66 %
• November: 225 h · 7.5 h a day · 69 %
• December: 217 h · 7.0 h a day · 66 %

Questions about sunshine hours

• How many hours of sunshine does Nassau get a year? On average over 1991–2020 the sun shines in Nassau for 2,966 hours a year – 8.1 hours a day and 67% of the time the sun is above the horizon.
• What is the sunniest month in Nassau? April, with 282 hours of sunshine, 9.4 a day on average. The least sun comes in December: 217 hours, 7.0 a day.
• 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. Nassau uses the station Nassau Airp..
• 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.