Average Annual Sunshine in US Cities

The tables below pull together figures on the amount of sunshine each of the largest cities in the United States usually has in a year.

The % Sun number measures the percentage of time between sunrise and sunset that sunshine reaches the ground. Total Hours is the average number of sunny hours the city normally has in a year. Clear Days is the average number of days annually when cloud covers at most 30 percent of the sky during daylight hours.

Hours of sunshine are the means calculated for 1961 to 1990. The other data are averages taken from years of weather watching.

Average annual sunshine
% Sun	City	Total Hours	Clear Days
60	Atlanta, Georgia	2738	110
60	Austin, Texas	2644	115
57	Baltimore, Maryland	2582	105
58	Birmingham, Alabama	2641	99
58	Boston, Massachusetts	2634	98
48	Buffalo, New York	2207	54
62	Charlotte, North Carolina	2821	109
54	Chicago, Illinois	2508	84
50	Cincinnati, Ohio	2335	81
49	Cleveland, Ohio	2280	66
50	Columbus, Ohio	2183	72
61	Dallas, Texas	2850	135
69	Denver, Colorado	3107	115
53	Detroit, Michigan	2436	75
79	Fresno, California	–	194
46	Grand Rapids, Michigan	–	64
56	Hartford, Connecticut	2585	82
71	Honolulu, Hawaii	–	90
59	Houston, Texas	2578	90

% Sun	City	Total Hours	Clear Days
55	Indianapolis, Indiana	2440	88
63	Jacksonville, Florida	2880	94
60	Kansas City, Missouri	2810	120
85	Las Vegas, Nevada	3825	210
73	Los Angeles, California	–	147
56	Louisville, Kentucky	2514	93
64	Memphis, Tennessee	2888	118
70	Miami, Florida	3154	74
54	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	2484	90
58	Minneapolis, Minnesota	2711	95
56	Nashville, Tennessee	2510	102
57	New Orleans, Louisiana	2649	101
58	New York, New York	2535	107
68	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	3089	139
56	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	2498	93
85	Phoenix, Arizona	3872	211
45	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	2021	59

% Sun	City	Total Hours	Clear Days
48	Portland, Oregon	2341	68
58	Providence, Rhode Island	2606	98
58	Raleigh, North Carolina	2606	111
63	Richmond, Virginia	2829	100
51	Rochester, New York	2298	61
78	Sacramento, California	3608	188
66	Salt Lake City, Utah	3029	125
60	San Antonio, Texas	2629	105
68	San Diego, California	3055	146
66	San Francisco, California	–	160
47	Seattle, Washington	2170	58
57	St. Louis, Missouri	2594	101
66	Tampa, Florida	2927	101
85	Tucson, Arizona	–	193
62	Tulsa, Oklahoma	–	127
60	Virginia Beach, Virginia	2695	106
56	Washington, DC	2528	96

Average Annual Sunshine in American Cities

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