Sunshine & Daylight Hours in Beijing, China
- Average hours of sunlight in Beijing range from 6h 11' daily in December to 8h 42' per day in May.
- The longest day of the year is 14h 50' long and the shortest day is 9h 09' long.
- The longest day is 5h 40' longer than the shortest day.
- There is an average of 2707 hours of sunlight per year (of a possible 4383) with an average of 7:24 of sunlight per day.
- It is sunny 61.8% of daylight hours. The remaining 38.2% of daylight hours are likely cloudy or with shade, haze or low sun intensity.
- At midday the sun is on average 50.4° above the horizon at Beijing.
- The summer solstice is on June 21st (the northern solstice) when the sun reaches it's highest point 73.5° above the horizon.
- The winter solstice is on December 21st (the southern solstice) when the midday sun is at it's lowest point of 26.66° above the horizon.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 6h 38' | 6h 58' | 7h 38' | 7h 58' | 8h 32' | 8h 42' | 7h 05' | 7h 13' | 7h 38' | 7h 52' | 6h 26' | 6h 11' | 7h 24' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours & Minutes/ Day | 9h 40' | 10h 37' | 11h 52' | 13h 13' | 14h 21' | 14h 56' | 14h 40' | 13h 42' | 12h 24' | 11h 03' | 9h 55' | 9h 22' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 70 (30) | 67 (33) | 65 (35) | 61 (39) | 60 (40) | 59 (41) | 49 (51) | 53 (47) | 62 (38) | 72 (28) | 66 (34) | 67 (33) | 62 (38) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 30.1 | 39.4 | 50.2 | 61.9 | 70.2 | 73.5 | 70.5 | 62.2 | 50.8 | 39.3 | 30.1 | 26.7 | 50.4 |