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Sunshine & Daylight Hours in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Mean hours of sunshine in Sydney, New South Wales range between 5h 18' per day in June and 7h 36' daily in November.
- The longest day of the year is 14h 15' long and the shortest day is 9h 44' long.
- The longest day is 4h 30' longer than the shortest day.
- There is an average of 2426 hours of sunlight per year (of a possible 4383) with an average of 6:38 of sunlight per day.
- It is sunny 55.4% of daylight hours. The remaining 44.6% of daylight hours are likely cloudy or with shade, haze or low sun intensity.
- At midday the sun is on average 55.7° above the horizon at Sydney, New South Wales.
| Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Annual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 6h 05' | 6h 48' | 7h 06' | 7h 17' | 7h 36' | 7h 17' | 7h 17' | 6h 43' | 6h 17' | 6h 06' | 5h 48' | 5h 18' | 6h 38' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours & Minutes/ Day | 10h 07' | 10h 54' | 11h 56' | 13h 01' | 13h 55' | 14h 21' | 14h 07' | 13h 22' | 12h 22' | 11h 17' | 10h 23' | 9h 55' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 61 (39) | 63 (37) | 60 (40) | 57 (43) | 55 (45) | 51 (49) | 52 (48) | 51 (49) | 51 (49) | 55 (45) | 57 (43) | 54 (46) | 55 (45) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 35.6 | 44 | 55.3 | 66.5 | 75.6 | 79.6 | 75.9 | 66.6 | 56 | 44.4 | 36 | 32.7 | 55.7 |