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Sunshine & Daylight Hours in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Sunshine hours in Santo Domingo range between 5h 40' daily in December & 7h 23' for each day in March.
- The longest day of the year is 13h 06' long and the shortest day is 10h 53' long.
- The longest day is 2h 12' longer than the shortest day.
- There is an average of 2316 hours of sunlight per year (of a possible 4383) with an average of 6:20 of sunlight per day.
- It is sunny 52.8% of daylight hours. The remaining 47.2% of daylight hours are likely cloudy or with shade, haze or low sun intensity.
- At midday the sun is on average 70.4° above the horizon at Santo Domingo.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 5h 44' | 6h 18' | 7h 23' | 6h 44' | 5h 58' | 6h 08' | 6h 03' | 6h 52' | 6h 36' | 6h 27' | 6h 10' | 5h 40' | 6h 20' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours & Minutes/ Day | 11h 08' | 11h 30' | 12h 00' | 12h 32' | 12h 58' | 13h 12' | 13h 06' | 12h 43' | 12h 12' | 11h 40' | 11h 14' | 11h 01' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 52 (48) | 55 (45) | 62 (38) | 54 (46) | 46 (54) | 47 (53) | 47 (53) | 54 (46) | 55 (45) | 56 (44) | 55 (45) | 52 (48) | 53 (47) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 51.7 | 61 | 71.9 | 83.6 | 88 | 85 | 87.5 | 83.5 | 72 | 60.5 | 51.4 | 48.1 | 70.4 |