Sunshine & Daylight Hours in Kyoto, Japan
- Records indicate hours of sunlight in Kyoto range from 4h 17' daily in February to 7h 07' per day in August.
- The longest day of the year is 14h 21' long and the shortest day is 9h 38' long.
- The longest day is 4h 42' longer than the shortest day.
- There is an average of 2011 hours of sunlight per year (of a possible 4383) with an average of 5:30 of sunlight per day.
- It is sunny 45.9% of daylight hours. The remaining 54.1% of daylight hours are likely cloudy or with shade, haze or low sun intensity.
- At midday the sun is on average 55.3° above the horizon at Kyoto.
- The summer solstice is on June 21st (the northern solstice) when the sun reaches it's highest point 78.42° above the horizon.
- The winter solstice is on December 21st (the southern solstice) when the midday sun is at it's lowest point of 31.58° above the horizon.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 4h 21' | 4h 38' | 5h 25' | 6h 18' | 6h 38' | 5h 30' | 6h 09' | 7h 07' | 5h 22' | 5h 11' | 5h 00' | 4h 17' | 5h 30' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours & Minutes/ Day | 10h 05' | 10h 52' | 11h 55' | 13h 02' | 13h 59' | 14h 28' | 14h 15' | 13h 26' | 12h 21' | 11h 14' | 10h 18' | 9h 50' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 44 (56) | 43 (57) | 46 (54) | 49 (51) | 48 (52) | 38 (62) | 44 (56) | 54 (46) | 44 (56) | 47 (53) | 49 (51) | 44 (56) | 46 (54) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 35 | 44.3 | 55.1 | 66.8 | 75.1 | 78.4 | 75.4 | 67.1 | 55.7 | 44.2 | 35 | 31.6 | 55.3 |