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Sunshine & Daylight Hours in Bandar Abbas, Iran
- On balance sunlight hours in Bandar Abbas range between 7h 23' daily in February and 10h 24' for every day in May.
- The longest day of the year is 13h 43' long and the shortest day is 10h 16' long.
- The longest day is 3h 26' longer than the shortest day.
- There is an average of 3222 hours of sunlight per year (of a possible 4383) with an average of 8:49 of sunlight per day.
- It is sunny 73.5% of daylight hours. The remaining 26.5% of daylight hours are likely cloudy or with shade, haze or low sun intensity.
- At midday the sun is on average 63.1° above the horizon at Bandar Abbas.
- The summer solstice is on June 21st (the northern solstice) when the sun reaches it's highest point 86.2° above the horizon.
- The winter solstice is on December 21st (the southern solstice) when the midday sun is at it's lowest point of 39.37° above the horizon.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 8h 05' | 7h 23' | 8h 00' | 8h 00' | 10h 23' | 10h 24' | 9h 17' | 9h 05' | 9h 00' | 9h 23' | 8h 48' | 7h 54' | 8h 49' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours & Minutes/ Day | 10h 36' | 11h 11' | 11h 57' | 12h 46' | 13h 27' | 13h 48' | 13h 39' | 13h 04' | 12h 16' | 11h 27' | 10h 46' | 10h 26' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 77 (23) | 67 (33) | 68 (32) | 63 (37) | 78 (22) | 76 (24) | 69 (31) | 70 (30) | 74 (26) | 83 (17) | 83 (17) | 77 (23) | 74 (26) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 42.8 | 52.1 | 63 | 74.7 | 82.9 | 86.2 | 83.1 | 74.9 | 63.4 | 51.9 | 42.8 | 39.4 | 63.1 |