Sunshine Hours

This ranking compares estimated annual sunshine hours. The raw value shows sunshine hours per year; more light and clearer days receive a higher rating. Heat stress is not hidden here, but evaluated separately through extreme-heat days.
1 Djibouti3,600 hrs/year 3,600 hrs/year 100
1 Egypt3,600 hrs/year 3,600 hrs/year 100
1 Kuwait3,600 hrs/year 3,600 hrs/year 100
1 Libya3,600 hrs/year 3,600 hrs/year 100
1 Oman3,600 hrs/year 3,600 hrs/year 100
1 Qatar3,600 hrs/year 3,600 hrs/year 100
1 Saudi Arabia3,600 hrs/year 3,600 hrs/year 100
1 United Arab Emirates3,600 hrs/year 3,600 hrs/year 100
1 Western Sahara3,600 hrs/year 3,600 hrs/year 100
1 Bahrain3,500 hrs/year 3,500 hrs/year 100
1 Iraq3,500 hrs/year 3,500 hrs/year 100
1 Namibia3,500 hrs/year 3,500 hrs/year 100
1 Somalia3,500 hrs/year 3,500 hrs/year 100
1 Sudan3,500 hrs/year 3,500 hrs/year 100
1 Chad3,400 hrs/year 3,400 hrs/year 100
1 Mauritania3,400 hrs/year 3,400 hrs/year 100
1 Niger3,400 hrs/year 3,400 hrs/year 100
1 Yemen3,400 hrs/year 3,400 hrs/year 100
1 Cyprus3,300 hrs/year 3,300 hrs/year 100
1 Eritrea3,300 hrs/year 3,300 hrs/year 100
1 Algeria3,200 hrs/year 3,200 hrs/year 100
1 Aruba3,200 hrs/year 3,200 hrs/year 100
1 Botswana3,200 hrs/year 3,200 hrs/year 100
1 Mali3,200 hrs/year 3,200 hrs/year 100
25 Curacao3,100 hrs/year 3,100 hrs/year 97
25 Israel3,100 hrs/year 3,100 hrs/year 97
25 Jordan3,100 hrs/year 3,100 hrs/year 97
25 Palestine3,100 hrs/year 3,100 hrs/year 97
25 Turks and Caicos Islands3,100 hrs/year 3,100 hrs/year 97
30 Anguilla3,000 hrs/year 3,000 hrs/year 94
30 Bahamas3,000 hrs/year 3,000 hrs/year 94
30 Barbados3,000 hrs/year 3,000 hrs/year 94
30 Burkina Faso3,000 hrs/year 3,000 hrs/year 94
30 Cape Verde3,000 hrs/year 3,000 hrs/year 94
30 Jamaica3,000 hrs/year 3,000 hrs/year 94
30 Lebanon3,000 hrs/year 3,000 hrs/year 94
30 Lesotho3,000 hrs/year 3,000 hrs/year 94
30 Malta3,000 hrs/year 3,000 hrs/year 94
30 Morocco3,000 hrs/year 3,000 hrs/year 94
30 Pakistan3,000 hrs/year 3,000 hrs/year 94
30 South Sudan3,000 hrs/year 3,000 hrs/year 94
30 Tunisia3,000 hrs/year 3,000 hrs/year 94
30 Turkmenistan3,000 hrs/year 3,000 hrs/year 94
44 Afghanistan2,900 hrs/year 2,900 hrs/year 91
44 Australia2,900 hrs/year 2,900 hrs/year 91
44 Belize2,900 hrs/year 2,900 hrs/year 91
44 British Virgin Islands2,900 hrs/year 2,900 hrs/year 91
44 Cuba2,900 hrs/year 2,900 hrs/year 91
44 Dominican Republic2,900 hrs/year 2,900 hrs/year 91
44 El Salvador2,900 hrs/year 2,900 hrs/year 91
44 Gibraltar2,900 hrs/year 2,900 hrs/year 91
44 Greece2,900 hrs/year 2,900 hrs/year 91
44 Iran2,900 hrs/year 2,900 hrs/year 91
44 Marshall Islands2,900 hrs/year 2,900 hrs/year 91
44 New Caledonia2,900 hrs/year 2,900 hrs/year 91
44 Saint-Martin2,900 hrs/year 2,900 hrs/year 91
44 Senegal2,900 hrs/year 2,900 hrs/year 91
44 Sint Maarten2,900 hrs/year 2,900 hrs/year 91
44 Syria2,900 hrs/year 2,900 hrs/year 91
44 U.S. Virgin Islands2,900 hrs/year 2,900 hrs/year 91
44 Uzbekistan2,900 hrs/year 2,900 hrs/year 91
44 Zimbabwe2,900 hrs/year 2,900 hrs/year 91
63 Angola2,800 hrs/year 2,800 hrs/year 88
63 Antigua and Barbuda2,800 hrs/year 2,800 hrs/year 88
63 Benin2,800 hrs/year 2,800 hrs/year 88
63 Bermuda2,800 hrs/year 2,800 hrs/year 88
63 Cayman Islands2,800 hrs/year 2,800 hrs/year 88
63 Gambia2,800 hrs/year 2,800 hrs/year 88
63 Grenada2,800 hrs/year 2,800 hrs/year 88
63 Haiti2,800 hrs/year 2,800 hrs/year 88
63 Honduras2,800 hrs/year 2,800 hrs/year 88
63 India2,800 hrs/year 2,800 hrs/year 88
63 Malawi2,800 hrs/year 2,800 hrs/year 88
63 Maldives2,800 hrs/year 2,800 hrs/year 88
63 Mayotte2,800 hrs/year 2,800 hrs/year 88
63 Monaco2,800 hrs/year 2,800 hrs/year 88
63 Mongolia2,800 hrs/year 2,800 hrs/year 88
63 Montserrat2,800 hrs/year 2,800 hrs/year 88
63 Mozambique2,800 hrs/year 2,800 hrs/year 88
63 Nicaragua2,800 hrs/year 2,800 hrs/year 88
63 Portugal2,800 hrs/year 2,800 hrs/year 88
63 Puerto Rico2,800 hrs/year 2,800 hrs/year 88
63 Saint Kitts and Nevis2,800 hrs/year 2,800 hrs/year 88
63 South Africa2,800 hrs/year 2,800 hrs/year 88
63 Spain2,800 hrs/year 2,800 hrs/year 88
63 Swaziland2,800 hrs/year 2,800 hrs/year 88
63 Trinidad and Tobago2,800 hrs/year 2,800 hrs/year 88
63 Turkey2,800 hrs/year 2,800 hrs/year 88
63 Zambia2,800 hrs/year 2,800 hrs/year 88
63 Zanzibar2,800 hrs/year 2,800 hrs/year 88
91 Argentina2,700 hrs/year 2,700 hrs/year 84
91 Armenia2,700 hrs/year 2,700 hrs/year 84
91 Brazil2,700 hrs/year 2,700 hrs/year 84
91 Cambodia2,700 hrs/year 2,700 hrs/year 84
91 Comoros2,700 hrs/year 2,700 hrs/year 84
91 Cook Islands2,700 hrs/year 2,700 hrs/year 84
91 Ethiopia2,700 hrs/year 2,700 hrs/year 84
91 Guadeloupe2,700 hrs/year 2,700 hrs/year 84
91 Guinea-Bissau2,700 hrs/year 2,700 hrs/year 84
91 Madagascar2,700 hrs/year 2,700 hrs/year 84
91 Martinique2,700 hrs/year 2,700 hrs/year 84
91 Mauritius2,700 hrs/year 2,700 hrs/year 84
91 Niue2,700 hrs/year 2,700 hrs/year 84
91 Peru2,700 hrs/year 2,700 hrs/year 84
91 Réunion2,700 hrs/year 2,700 hrs/year 84
91 Saint Lucia2,700 hrs/year 2,700 hrs/year 84
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2,700 hrs/year 2,700 hrs/year 84
91 Seychelles2,700 hrs/year 2,700 hrs/year 84
91 Tahiti2,700 hrs/year 2,700 hrs/year 84
91 Tajikistan2,700 hrs/year 2,700 hrs/year 84
91 Tanzania2,700 hrs/year 2,700 hrs/year 84
91 Thailand2,700 hrs/year 2,700 hrs/year 84
113 American Samoa2,600 hrs/year 2,600 hrs/year 81
113 Azerbaijan2,600 hrs/year 2,600 hrs/year 81
113 Croatia2,600 hrs/year 2,600 hrs/year 81
113 Dominica2,600 hrs/year 2,600 hrs/year 81
113 Guam2,600 hrs/year 2,600 hrs/year 81
113 Guatemala2,600 hrs/year 2,600 hrs/year 81
113 Kenya2,600 hrs/year 2,600 hrs/year 81
113 Mexico2,600 hrs/year 2,600 hrs/year 81
113 Nigeria2,600 hrs/year 2,600 hrs/year 81
113 Northern Mariana Islands2,600 hrs/year 2,600 hrs/year 81
113 Panama2,600 hrs/year 2,600 hrs/year 81
113 Paraguay2,600 hrs/year 2,600 hrs/year 81
113 Samoa2,600 hrs/year 2,600 hrs/year 81
113 Togo2,600 hrs/year 2,600 hrs/year 81
113 Tonga2,600 hrs/year 2,600 hrs/year 81
113 Wallis and Futuna2,600 hrs/year 2,600 hrs/year 81
129 Albania2,500 hrs/year 2,500 hrs/year 78
129 Bolivia2,500 hrs/year 2,500 hrs/year 78
129 Cameroon2,500 hrs/year 2,500 hrs/year 78
129 Colombia2,500 hrs/year 2,500 hrs/year 78
129 Fiji2,500 hrs/year 2,500 hrs/year 78
129 Guinea2,500 hrs/year 2,500 hrs/year 78
129 Italy2,500 hrs/year 2,500 hrs/year 78
129 Kazakhstan2,500 hrs/year 2,500 hrs/year 78
129 Kiribati2,500 hrs/year 2,500 hrs/year 78
129 Kyrgyzstan2,500 hrs/year 2,500 hrs/year 78
129 Micronesia2,500 hrs/year 2,500 hrs/year 78
129 Myanmar2,500 hrs/year 2,500 hrs/year 78
129 Nauru2,500 hrs/year 2,500 hrs/year 78
129 Palau2,500 hrs/year 2,500 hrs/year 78
129 Singapore2,500 hrs/year 2,500 hrs/year 78
129 Timor-Leste2,500 hrs/year 2,500 hrs/year 78
129 United States2,500 hrs/year 2,500 hrs/year 78
129 Uruguay2,500 hrs/year 2,500 hrs/year 78
129 Vanuatu2,500 hrs/year 2,500 hrs/year 78
129 Venezuela2,500 hrs/year 2,500 hrs/year 78
149 Brunei2,400 hrs/year 2,400 hrs/year 75
149 Central African Republic2,400 hrs/year 2,400 hrs/year 75
149 Chile2,400 hrs/year 2,400 hrs/year 75
149 Costa Rica2,400 hrs/year 2,400 hrs/year 75
149 French Guiana2,400 hrs/year 2,400 hrs/year 75
149 Ghana2,400 hrs/year 2,400 hrs/year 75
149 Ivory Coast2,400 hrs/year 2,400 hrs/year 75
149 Laos2,400 hrs/year 2,400 hrs/year 75
149 Nepal2,400 hrs/year 2,400 hrs/year 75
149 Philippines2,400 hrs/year 2,400 hrs/year 75
149 Rwanda2,400 hrs/year 2,400 hrs/year 75
149 Sierra Leone2,400 hrs/year 2,400 hrs/year 75
149 Solomon Islands2,400 hrs/year 2,400 hrs/year 75
149 Sri Lanka2,400 hrs/year 2,400 hrs/year 75
149 Tuvalu2,400 hrs/year 2,400 hrs/year 75
149 Vietnam2,400 hrs/year 2,400 hrs/year 75
165 Bangladesh2,300 hrs/year 2,300 hrs/year 72
165 Bulgaria2,300 hrs/year 2,300 hrs/year 72
165 Burundi2,300 hrs/year 2,300 hrs/year 72
165 Guyana2,300 hrs/year 2,300 hrs/year 72
165 Indonesia2,300 hrs/year 2,300 hrs/year 72
165 Malaysia2,300 hrs/year 2,300 hrs/year 72
165 Papua New Guinea2,300 hrs/year 2,300 hrs/year 72
165 Suriname2,300 hrs/year 2,300 hrs/year 72
165 Uganda2,300 hrs/year 2,300 hrs/year 72
174 China2,200 hrs/year 2,200 hrs/year 69
174 Kosovo2,200 hrs/year 2,200 hrs/year 69
174 Liberia2,200 hrs/year 2,200 hrs/year 69
174 Montenegro2,200 hrs/year 2,200 hrs/year 69
174 North Macedonia2,200 hrs/year 2,200 hrs/year 69
179 Ecuador2,100 hrs/year 2,100 hrs/year 66
179 France2,100 hrs/year 2,100 hrs/year 66
179 Romania2,100 hrs/year 2,100 hrs/year 66
182 New Zealand2,050 hrs/year 2,050 hrs/year 64
183 Bosnia and Herzegovina2,000 hrs/year 2,000 hrs/year 63
183 Georgia2,000 hrs/year 2,000 hrs/year 63
183 Hungary2,000 hrs/year 2,000 hrs/year 63
183 Japan2,000 hrs/year 2,000 hrs/year 63
183 Korea DPR2,000 hrs/year 2,000 hrs/year 63
183 Korea Republic2,000 hrs/year 2,000 hrs/year 63
183 Moldova2,000 hrs/year 2,000 hrs/year 63
183 San Marino2,000 hrs/year 2,000 hrs/year 63
183 Serbia2,000 hrs/year 2,000 hrs/year 63
183 Slovenia2,000 hrs/year 2,000 hrs/year 63
193 Andorra1,900 hrs/year 1,900 hrs/year 59
193 Austria1,900 hrs/year 1,900 hrs/year 59
193 Canada1,900 hrs/year 1,900 hrs/year 59
193 Chinese Taipei1,900 hrs/year 1,900 hrs/year 59
193 Congo1,900 hrs/year 1,900 hrs/year 59
193 Hong Kong1,900 hrs/year 1,900 hrs/year 59
193 Macau1,900 hrs/year 1,900 hrs/year 59
193 Russia1,900 hrs/year 1,900 hrs/year 59
193 Ukraine1,900 hrs/year 1,900 hrs/year 59
202 Estonia1,850 hrs/year 1,850 hrs/year 58
202 Slovakia1,850 hrs/year 1,850 hrs/year 58
204 Bhutan1,800 hrs/year 1,800 hrs/year 56
204 Finland1,800 hrs/year 1,800 hrs/year 56
204 Gabon1,800 hrs/year 1,800 hrs/year 56
204 Latvia1,800 hrs/year 1,800 hrs/year 56
204 Liechtenstein1,800 hrs/year 1,800 hrs/year 56
204 Sweden1,800 hrs/year 1,800 hrs/year 56
204 Switzerland1,800 hrs/year 1,800 hrs/year 56
204 Denmark1,790 hrs/year 1,790 hrs/year 56
212 Belarus1,750 hrs/year 1,750 hrs/year 55
212 Czech Republic1,750 hrs/year 1,750 hrs/year 55
212 Lithuania1,750 hrs/year 1,750 hrs/year 55
215 Congo DR1,700 hrs/year 1,700 hrs/year 53
215 Equatorial Guinea1,700 hrs/year 1,700 hrs/year 53
215 Norway1,700 hrs/year 1,700 hrs/year 53
215 Poland1,700 hrs/year 1,700 hrs/year 53
215 São Tomé and Príncipe1,700 hrs/year 1,700 hrs/year 53
215 Belgium1,680 hrs/year 1,680 hrs/year 53
215 Luxembourg1,680 hrs/year 1,680 hrs/year 53
215 Netherlands1,680 hrs/year 1,680 hrs/year 53
223 Germany1,650 hrs/year 1,650 hrs/year 52
224 United Kingdom1,500 hrs/year 1,500 hrs/year 47
225 Ireland1,450 hrs/year 1,450 hrs/year 45
226 Saint Pierre and Miquelon1,400 hrs/year 1,400 hrs/year 44
227 Iceland1,300 hrs/year 1,300 hrs/year 41
228 Greenland1,250 hrs/year 1,250 hrs/year 39
229 Faroe Islands900 hrs/year 900 hrs/year 28

Last rating: June 21st, 2026

How the Raw Value Is Calculated

The raw value is the estimated number of annual sunshine hours. It measures average sunlight and sunshine availability across the year, not UV exposure and not day length at one specific location.

Nomadino uses maintained climate normals checked against NASA POWER, Copernicus ERA5, CRU TS, World Bank climate context and national meteorological sources. For smaller territories without their own series, replacement values are derived from climate zone, island or coastal position, administering state and regional comparator countries.

The rating uses a fixed zero-based scale: 0 sunshine hours per year receive 0 points, while 3,200 hours or more receive 100 points. Values in between rise linearly. A value of 900 sunshine hours therefore no longer receives 0 points, but sits in the lower range. Very sunny countries are not penalized for heat here, because heat stress is covered separately through extreme-heat days.

The raw value remains visible as concrete sunshine hours per year. Higher sunshine hours receive a higher rating.