Sunshine & Daylight Hours in Santiago, Chile
- Records indicate hours of sunlight in Santiago range between 3h 02' daily in June & 10h 23' for each day in January.
- The longest day of the year is 14h 13' long and the shortest day is 9h 46' long.
- The longest day is 4h 26' longer than the shortest day.
- There is an average of 2462 hours of sunlight per year (of a possible 4383) with an average of 6:44 of sunlight per day.
- It is sunny 56.2% of daylight hours. The remaining 43.8% of daylight hours are likely cloudy or with shade, haze or low sun intensity.
- At midday the sun is on average 56° above the horizon at Santiago.
| Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Annual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 3h 32' | 4h 27' | 5h 16' | 6h 42' | 8h 54' | 10h 21' | 10h 23' | 9h 54' | 8h 32' | 6h 10' | 3h 46' | 3h 02' | 6h 44' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours & Minutes/ Day | 10h 09' | 10h 55' | 11h 56' | 13h 00' | 13h 53' | 14h 19' | 14h 05' | 13h 21' | 12h 21' | 11h 18' | 10h 24' | 9h 57' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 35 (65) | 41 (59) | 45 (55) | 52 (48) | 65 (35) | 73 (27) | 74 (26) | 75 (25) | 70 (30) | 55 (45) | 37 (63) | 31 (69) | 56 (44) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 36.1 | 44.5 | 55.9 | 67.1 | 76.1 | 79.9 | 76.1 | 66.7 | 56.1 | 44.5 | 36.3 | 33.1 | 56 |