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Sunshine & Daylight Hours in Sal, Cape Verde
- Mean sunshine hours in Sal range from 5h 25' per day in July & August to 8h 32' daily in April.
- The longest day of the year is 12h 59' long and the shortest day is 11h 00' long.
- The longest day is 1h 59' longer than the shortest day.
- There is an average of 2552 hours of sunlight per year (of a possible 4383) with an average of 6:59 of sunlight per day.
- It is sunny 58.2% of daylight hours. The remaining 41.8% of daylight hours are likely cloudy or with shade, haze or low sun intensity.
- At midday the sun is on average 71.3° above the horizon at Sal.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 6h 13' | 7h 23' | 8h 09' | 8h 32' | 8h 05' | 7h 20' | 5h 25' | 5h 25' | 6h 58' | 7h 32' | 7h 02' | 5h 48' | 6h 59' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours & Minutes/ Day | 11h 14' | 11h 34' | 12h 00' | 12h 29' | 12h 53' | 13h 05' | 13h 00' | 12h 40' | 12h 12' | 11h 43' | 11h 19' | 11h 08' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 56 (44) | 65 (35) | 69 (31) | 69 (31) | 63 (37) | 56 (44) | 42 (58) | 43 (57) | 58 (42) | 65 (35) | 63 (37) | 53 (47) | 58 (42) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 53.3 | 62.6 | 73.5 | 85.2 | 86.4 | 83.3 | 86 | 85.2 | 73.8 | 62.2 | 53.1 | 49.8 | 71.3 |