World CIties Ranked by Average Annual Sunshine Hours

World Cities Ranked by Average Annual Sunshine Hours CONTINENT AFRICA ASIA NORTH AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA EUROPE OCEANIA THE TOP 5 CITIES WITH THE MOST SUNSHINE HOURS PER CONTINENT THE TOP 5 CITIES WITH THE LEAST SUNSHINE HOURS PER CONTINENT AFRICA NORTH AMERICA OCEANIA AFRICA ASIA NORTH AMERICA 1 YUMA, ARIZONA, USA 2 PHOENIX, ARIZONA, USA 3 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, USA 4 TUCSON, ARIZONA, USA 5 EL PASO, TEXAS, USA 1 PERTH, AUSTRALIA 2 DARWIN, AUSTRALIA 3 BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA 4 CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA 5 ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA 1 SAINT-PIERRE, SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON 1 MARSA ALAM, EGYPT 2 DAKHLA OASIS, EGYPT 3 KEETMANSHOOP, NAMIBIA 4 KHARGA, EGYPT 5 KHARTOUM, SUDAN 1 MALABO, EQUATORIAL GUINEA 2 POINTE-NOIRE, CONGO 3 DOLISIE, CONGO 4 DOUALA, CAMEROON 5 YAOUNDÉ, CAMEROON 1 CHONGQING, CHÍNA 2 DIKSON, RUSSIA 3 TAIPEI, TAIWAN 4 HAT YAI, THAILAND 5 HANOI, VIETNAM 2 IQALUIT, CANADA 3 JUNEAU, ALASKA 4 PANAMA CITY, PANAMA 5 CHURCHILL, CANADA ASIA SOUTH AMERICA EUROPE 1 DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 2 MUSCAT, OMAN 3 TEL AVIV, ISRAEL 4 ABHA, SAUDI ARABIA 5 BAGHDAD, IRAQ 1 CALAMA, CHILE 2 AREQUIPA, PERU 3 MARACAIBO, VENEZUELA 4 ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE 5 MENDOZA, ARGENTINA 1 TÓRSHAVN, FAROE ISLANDS 2 REYKJAVIK, ICELAND 3 EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND 4 DUBLIN, IRELAND 5 BRUSSELS, BELGIUM SOUTH AMERICA 1 TOTORÓ, COLOMBIA 2 BUENAVENTURA, COLOMBIA 3 LIMA, PERU 4 USHUAIA, ARGENTINA 5 BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA 2,070.2 2,058.7 4,015.3 2,003.1 3,958.0 3,943.4 3926.2 3.871.6 3,870.0 EUROPE 1 NICOSIA, CYPRUS 2 IERAPETRA, GREECE 3 VALLETTA, MALTA 4 ATHENS, GREECE 5 MARSEILLE, FRANCE OCEANIA* 1,922.0 1 SUVA, FIJI 2 AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND 3 WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND 4 CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND 3,825.3 3,806.0 3.790.8 3,762.5 3,737.1 1,799.5 1,743.5 1,644.0 1,618.0 1,607.0 1,585.0 1,574.0 1,567.8 1,546.0 1,530.7 1.476.8 1,453.0 1427.3 1,427.0 1,405.2 VISUALIZING THE CITIES WITH THE MOST AND LEAST SUNSHINE HOURS 3,508.7 3,493.3 PER CONTINENT 3333.3 3,314.1 3.311.0 3284.0 3,248.2 3,240.8 3,229.5 1,328.0 1,326.0 1,281.2 1,230.0 1,178.0 1,176.7 1,164.3 3,102.0 3,092.2 3,077.1 3,054.0 954.8 2,968.4 2871.7 2,848.0 2,836.0 840.0 2,813.7 637.0 - Key Climate Types A TOP 5 MOST SUNSHINE HOURS TROPICAL DRY MODERATE CONTINENTAL POLAR TROPICAL WET SEMIARID MARINE WEST COAST MEDITERRANEAN SUBARCTIC WARM CONTINENTAL ICE CAP v TOP 5 LEAST SUNSHINE HOURS TROPICAL WET AND DRY ARID HUMID SUBTROPICAL HUMID CONTINENTAL TUNDRA V DIKSON RUSSIA IQALUIT CANADA V REYKJAVIK ICELAND V TÓRSHAVN FAROE ISLANDS V V JUNEAU ALASKA V CHURCHILL CANADA V EDINBURGH SCOTLAND DUBLIN IRELAND V BRUSSELS BELGIUM V SAINT-PIERRE SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON V MARSEILLE FRANCE AATHENS GREECE LAS VEGAS NEVADA, USA VALLETTΑ MALTAΔ PHOENIX ARIZONA, USA .. .. TUCSON ARIZONA, USA YUMA ARIZONA, USA IERAPETRA GREECE A NICOSIA CYPRUS TEL AVIV ISRAEL A BAGHDAD IRAQ EL PASO TEXAS, USA CHONGQING CHINA V DAKHLA OASIS EGYPT MARSA ALAM EGYPT ν ΤΑΙΡΕΙ ΤΑIWAΝ DUBAI UAE A MUSCAT OMAN KHARGA EGYPT V HANOI VIETNAM A ABHA SAUDI ARABIA KHARTOUM SUDAN MARACAIBO VENEZUELA PANAMA CITY PANAMA V BOGOTÁ COLOMBIA TOTORÓ COLOMBIA BUENAVENTURA COLOMBIA V HAT YAI THAILAND V YAOUNDÉ CAMEROON MALABO EQUATORIAL GUINEA V V DOUALA CAMEROON DOLISIE CONGO POINTE-NOIRE CONGO LIMA PERU ▼ DARWIN AUSTRALIA AREQUIPA PERU CALAMA CHILE ANTOFAGASTA CHILE SUVA FIJI V BRISBANE AUSTRALIA NAMIBIA KEETMANSHOOP MENDOZA ARGENTINA PERTH AUSTRALIA A CANBERRA AUSTRALIA ADELAIDE AUSTRALIA AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND V WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND V CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND V V USHUAIA ARGENTINA THE TOP 10 CITIES WITH THE LEAST SUNSHINE HOURS IN DECEMBER (AVERAGE) THE TOP 10 CITIES WITH THE LEAST SUNSHINE HOURS IN JUNE (AVERAGE) Hours of sunshine Hours of sunshine 1 VALDIVIA, CHILE 2 TOTORÓ, COLOMBIA 1 DIKSON, RUSSIA 0.0 45.0 2 TÓRSHAVN, FAROE ISLANDS 6.0 47.0 3 YAKUTSK, RUSSIA 9.3 3 USHUAIA, ARGENTINA 50.3 4 IQALUIT, CANADA 12.6 4 LIMA, PERU 50.6 5 MOSCOW, RUSSIA 14.0 5 STANLEY, FALKLAND ISLANDS 57.0 6 TALLINN, ESTONIA 19.0 6 PUERTO MONTT, CHILE 60.0 7 CHONGQING, CHINA 20.4 7 MALABO, EQUATORIAL GUINEA 69.0 8 REYKJAVIK, ICELAND 22.0 8 DHAKA, BANGLADESH 90.0 9 RIGA, LATVIA 22.0 9 BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA 94.0 10 WARSAW, POLAND 25.0 10 CHONGQING, CHINA 97.7 Source: Sunshine hours are defined as total measured average annual noncloudy daylight hours. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_by_sunshine_duration https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Sunshine.png SLEEPOPOLIS *Least sunshine duration data for Oceania available for only 4 cities 000 2,765.4 ARIZONA, USA YUMA EGYPT MARSA ALAM ) EGYPT DAKHLA OASIS NAMIBIA KEETMANSHOOP NEVADA, USA LAS VEGAS TEXAS, USA EL PASO > SUDAN KHARTOUM PERU AREQUIPA CYPRUS NICOSIA ISRAEL TEL AVIV SAUDI ARABIA ABHA AUSTRALIA PERTH CHILE CALAMA| GREECE IERAPETRA| AUSTRALIA DARWIN| MALTA VALLETTA | E DUBAI 500 EGYPT KHARGA 000 ARGENTINA MENDOZA ) FRANCE MARSEILLE AUSTRALIA CANBERRA| AUSTRALIA ADELAIDE 000L OMAN MUSCAT> 2,500 ARIZONA, USA PHOENIX ARIZONA, USA TUCSON IRAQ BAGHDAD VENEZUELA MARACAIBO GREECE ATHENS TOTORÓ COLOMBIA CHILE ANTOFAGASTA 0000 AUSTRALIA BRISBANE | -TÓRSHAVN FAROE ISLANDS CHONGQING CHINA DIKSON RUSSIA MALABO EQUATORIAL GUINEA BUENAVENTURA COLOMBIA USHUAIA ARGENTINA ► REYKJAVIK ICELAND LIMA PERU >ΤΑΡΕΙ ΤAIWAN DEDINBURGH SCOTLAND BOGOTÁ COLOMBIA IQALUIT CANADA > JUNEAU ALASKA > HANOI VIETNAM SAINT-PIERRE SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON HAT YAI THAILAND DUBLIN IRELAND BRUSSELS BELGIUM POINTE-NOIRE CONGO DOLISIE CONG0 DOUALA CAMEROON YAOUNDÉ CAMEROON > PANAΜA CITY PΑΝΑΜΑ CHURCHILL CANADA SUVA FIJI AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND