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Sunshine & Daylight Hours in Ammassalik, Greenland
- Average hours of sunshine in Ammassalik range between 0h 00' each day in December & 9h 07' to each day in July.
- The longest day of the year is 21h 43' long and the shortest day is 2h 16' long.
- The longest day is 19h 27' longer than the shortest day.
- There is an average of 1475 hours of sunlight per year (of a possible 4383) with an average of 4:02 of sunlight per day.
- It is sunny 33.7% of daylight hours. The remaining 66.3% of daylight hours are likely cloudy or with shade, haze or low sun intensity.
- At midday the sun is on average 24.8° above the horizon at Ammassalik.
- The summer solstice is on June 21st (the northern solstice) when the sun reaches it's highest point 47.84° above the horizon.
- The winter solstice is on December 21st (the southern solstice) when the midday sun is at it's lowest point of 1.32° above the horizon.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 0h 01' | 1h 20' | 3h 34' | 5h 30' | 7h 36' | 7h 44' | 9h 07' | 6h 44' | 4h 26' | 1h 44' | 0h 26' | 0h 00' | 4h 02' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours & Minutes/ Day | 5h 04' | 8h 33' | 12h 05' | 15h 42' | 19h 22' | 22h 10' | 20h 45' | 17h 07' | 13h 28' | 9h 50' | 6h 11' | 3h 29' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 1 (99) | 17 (83) | 32 (68) | 37 (63) | 41 (59) | 36 (64) | 46 (54) | 41 (59) | 35 (65) | 19 (81) | 8 (92) | 0 (100) | 34 (66) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 4.7 | 14 | 24.8 | 36.4 | 44.6 | 47.8 | 44.8 | 36.4 | 25 | 13.6 | 4.5 | 1.3 | 24.8 |