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Sunshine & Daylight Hours in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
- On balance hours of sunshine in Sydney, Nova Scotia range between 2h 13' daily in December & 8h 21' to each day in July.
- The longest day of the year is 15h 34' long and the shortest day is 8h 25' long.
- The longest day is 7h 09' longer than the shortest day.
- There is an average of 1807 hours of sunlight per year (of a possible 4383) with an average of 4:56 of sunlight per day.
- It is sunny 41.2% of daylight hours. The remaining 58.8% of daylight hours are likely cloudy or with shade, haze or low sun intensity.
- At midday the sun is on average 44.2° above the horizon at Sydney, Nova Scotia.
- The summer solstice is on June 21st (the northern solstice) when the sun reaches it's highest point 67.27° above the horizon.
- The winter solstice is on December 21st (the southern solstice) when the midday sun is at it's lowest point of 20.44° above the horizon.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 2h 25' | 3h 34' | 3h 50' | 5h 16' | 6h 36' | 7h 04' | 8h 21' | 7h 07' | 5h 46' | 4h 36' | 2h 24' | 2h 13' | 4h 56' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours & Minutes/ Day | 9h 03' | 10h 16' | 11h 50' | 13h 31' | 14h 57' | 15h 42' | 15h 21' | 14h 07' | 12h 29' | 10h 49' | 9h 23' | 8h 40' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 27 (73) | 35 (65) | 33 (67) | 40 (60) | 45 (55) | 46 (54) | 55 (45) | 51 (49) | 47 (53) | 43 (57) | 26 (74) | 26 (74) | 41 (59) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 24 | 33.4 | 44.2 | 55.8 | 64.1 | 67.3 | 64.2 | 55.8 | 44.4 | 32.9 | 23.8 | 20.4 | 44.2 |