Sunshine & Daylight Hours in Budapest, Hungary
- Records suggest sunshine hours in Budapest range between 1h 17' daily in December & 9h 34' each day in July.
- The longest day of the year is 15h 45' long and the shortest day is 8h 14' long.
- The longest day is 7h 31' longer than the shortest day.
- There is an average of 1988 hours of sunlight per year (of a possible 4383) with an average of 5:26 of sunlight per day.
- It is sunny 45.4% of daylight hours. The remaining 54.6% of daylight hours are likely cloudy or with shade, haze or low sun intensity.
- At midday the sun is on average 42.9° above the horizon at Budapest.
- The summer solstice is on June 21st (the northern solstice) when the sun reaches it's highest point 65.94° above the horizon.
- The winter solstice is on December 21st (the southern solstice) when the midday sun is at it's lowest point of 19.11° above the horizon.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 1h 54' | 2h 56' | 4h 23' | 6h 12' | 8h 07' | 8h 58' | 9h 34' | 8h 42' | 6h 30' | 4h 19' | 2h 14' | 1h 17' | 5h 26' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours & Minutes/ Day | 8h 54' | 10h 10' | 11h 49' | 13h 34' | 15h 05' | 15h 52' | 15h 31' | 14h 12' | 12h 30' | 10h 45' | 9h 15' | 8h 29' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 22 (78) | 29 (71) | 38 (62) | 46 (54) | 55 (45) | 57 (43) | 62 (38) | 62 (38) | 53 (47) | 41 (59) | 25 (75) | 16 (84) | 45 (55) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 22.6 | 31.9 | 42.8 | 54.4 | 62.7 | 65.9 | 62.9 | 54.6 | 43.1 | 31.7 | 22.5 | 19.1 | 42.9 |