Days of Sunshine Per Year in Hawaii
Number of Sunny Days
In the table below, the average number of Sunny Days for a city in Hawaii is the total days in a year when the sky is mostly clear. This includes the days when cloud covers up to 30% of the sky during daylight hours.
Partly Sunny Days have cloud covering from 40% to 70% of the sky during the daytime.
Total Days With Sun is a sum of the Sunny plus Partly Sunny days. The rest of the days are mainly overcast, with at least 80% cloud cover. All the numbers are annual averages, made from years of weather watching.
City | Sunny Days |
Partly Sunny Days |
Total Days With Sun |
---|---|---|---|
Hilo, Big Island | 36 | 132 | 168 |
Honolulu, Oahu | 90 | 181 | 271 |
Kahului, Maui | 131 | 145 | 276 |
Lihue, Kauai | 56 | 184 | 240 |
Amount of Sun
Here's another way to look at how much sunshine a city gets. The % Sun number measures the percentage of time between sunrise and sunset that sunshine reaches the ground. Again, these amounts are yearly averages based on many years of weather observations.
City | % Sun |
---|---|
Hilo, Big Island | 41 |
Honolulu, Oahu | 71 |
Kahului, Maui | 67 |
Lihue, Kauai | 59 |
Reference
National Climatic Data Center. Comparative Climatic Data.