Sunshine & Daylight Hours in Xi’An, China
- Records indicate hours of sunshine in Xi’An range from 3h 30' for each day in February to 7h 00' for each day in July.
- The longest day of the year is 14h 17' long and the shortest day is 9h 42' long.
- The longest day is 4h 35' longer than the shortest day.
- There is an average of 1737 hours of sunlight per year (of a possible 4383) with an average of 4:45 of sunlight per day.
- It is sunny 39.6% of daylight hours. The remaining 60.4% of daylight hours are likely cloudy or with shade, haze or low sun intensity.
- At midday the sun is on average 56.1° above the horizon at Xi’An.
- The summer solstice is on June 21st (the northern solstice) when the sun reaches it's highest point 79.13° above the horizon.
- The winter solstice is on December 21st (the southern solstice) when the midday sun is at it's lowest point of 32.29° above the horizon.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 3h 30' | 3h 47' | 3h 50' | 4h 36' | 5h 32' | 6h 10' | 7h 00' | 6h 21' | 4h 26' | 4h 23' | 3h 44' | 3h 36' | 4h 45' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours & Minutes/ Day | 10h 07' | 10h 53' | 11h 54' | 13h 00' | 13h 55' | 14h 23' | 14h 11' | 13h 23' | 12h 20' | 11h 14' | 10h 20' | 9h 53' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 35 (65) | 35 (65) | 33 (67) | 36 (64) | 40 (60) | 43 (57) | 50 (50) | 48 (52) | 36 (64) | 40 (60) | 37 (63) | 37 (63) | 40 (60) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 35.7 | 45 | 55.9 | 67.5 | 75.8 | 79.1 | 76.1 | 67.8 | 56.4 | 44.9 | 35.7 | 32.3 | 56.1 |