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Sunshine & Daylight Hours in San Jose, Costa Rica
- Records suggest sunlight hours in San Jose range between 4h 00' for each day in June and 8h 00' daily in March.
- The longest day of the year is 12h 34' long and the shortest day is 11h 25' long.
- The longest day is 1h 09' longer than the shortest day.
- There is an average of 2040 hours of sunlight per year (of a possible 4383) with an average of 5:35 of sunlight per day.
- It is sunny 46.5% of daylight hours. The remaining 53.5% of daylight hours are likely cloudy or with shade, haze or low sun intensity.
- At midday the sun is on average 73.9° above the horizon at San Jose.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 7h 00' | 7h 47' | 8h 00' | 7h 00' | 5h 11' | 4h 00' | 4h 00' | 4h 23' | 5h 00' | 4h 23' | 4h 30' | 5h 54' | 5h 35' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours & Minutes/ Day | 11h 36' | 11h 47' | 12h 03' | 12h 20' | 12h 34' | 12h 41' | 12h 38' | 12h 26' | 12h 10' | 11h 53' | 11h 39' | 11h 32' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 61 (39) | 67 (33) | 67 (33) | 57 (43) | 42 (58) | 32 (68) | 32 (68) | 36 (64) | 41 (59) | 37 (63) | 39 (61) | 52 (48) | 47 (53) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 60.1 | 69.4 | 80.3 | 87.9 | 79.6 | 76.5 | 79.4 | 87.8 | 80.4 | 68.9 | 59.9 | 56.6 | 73.9 |