Sunshine & Daylight Hours in Brest, Belarus
- Mean hours of sunshine in Brest range from 1h 17' for every day in December to 9h 40' for each day in June.
- The longest day of the year is 16h 30' long and the shortest day is 7h 29' long.
- The longest day is 9h 01' longer than the shortest day.
- There is an average of 1866 hours of sunlight per year (of a possible 4383) with an average of 5:06 of sunlight per day.
- It is sunny 42.6% of daylight hours. The remaining 57.4% of daylight hours are likely cloudy or with shade, haze or low sun intensity.
- At midday the sun is on average 38.3° above the horizon at Brest.
- The summer solstice is on June 21st (the northern solstice) when the sun reaches it's highest point 61.33° above the horizon.
- The winter solstice is on December 21st (the southern solstice) when the midday sun is at it's lowest point of 14.51° above the horizon.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 1h 36' | 2h 09' | 4h 29' | 5h 20' | 7h 36' | 9h 40' | 9h 15' | 8h 05' | 6h 10' | 3h 50' | 1h 36' | 1h 17' | 5h 06' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours & Minutes/ Day | 8h 19' | 9h 51' | 11h 48' | 13h 53' | 15h 41' | 16h 39' | 16h 13' | 14h 38' | 12h 36' | 10h 32' | 8h 44' | 7h 49' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 20 (80) | 22 (78) | 39 (61) | 39 (61) | 49 (51) | 59 (41) | 58 (42) | 56 (44) | 50 (50) | 37 (63) | 19 (81) | 17 (83) | 43 (57) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 18 | 27.3 | 38.2 | 49.8 | 58.1 | 61.3 | 58.3 | 50 | 38.5 | 27.1 | 17.9 | 14.5 | 38.3 |