Sunshine & Daylight Hours in Cairo, Egypt
- Mean sunshine hours in Cairo range from 6h 23' per day in December to 11h 54' for every day in July.
- The longest day of the year is 13h 56' long and the shortest day is 10h 03' long.
- The longest day is 3h 53' longer than the shortest day.
- There is an average of 3451 hours of sunlight per year (of a possible 4383) with an average of 9:26 of sunlight per day.
- It is sunny 78.7% of daylight hours. The remaining 21.3% of daylight hours are likely cloudy or with shade, haze or low sun intensity.
- At midday the sun is on average 60.2° above the horizon at Cairo.
- The summer solstice is on June 21st (the northern solstice) when the sun reaches it's highest point 83.31° above the horizon.
- The winter solstice is on December 21st (the southern solstice) when the midday sun is at it's lowest point of 36.47° above the horizon.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 6h 52' | 8h 16' | 8h 40' | 9h 42' | 10h 27' | 11h 54' | 11h 42' | 11h 19' | 10h 22' | 9h 25' | 8h 16' | 6h 23' | 9h 26' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours & Minutes/ Day | 10h 26' | 11h 04' | 11h 56' | 12h 52' | 13h 39' | 14h 02' | 13h 52' | 13h 12' | 12h 18' | 11h 22' | 10h 36' | 10h 14' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 67 (33) | 76 (24) | 74 (26) | 76 (24) | 77 (23) | 86 (14) | 85 (15) | 87 (13) | 85 (15) | 84 (16) | 79 (21) | 63 (37) | 79 (21) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 40 | 49.3 | 60.1 | 71.8 | 80.1 | 83.3 | 80.2 | 71.9 | 60.5 | 49 | 39.9 | 36.5 | 60.2 |