Sunshine & Daylight Hours in Kufra, Libya
- Sunshine hours in Kufra range between 8h 34' per day in February & 12h 23' daily in July.
- The longest day of the year is 13h 29' long and the shortest day is 10h 30' long.
- The longest day is 2h 59' longer than the shortest day.
- There is an average of 3693 hours of sunlight per year (of a possible 4383) with an average of 10:06 of sunlight per day.
- It is sunny 84.3% of daylight hours. The remaining 15.7% of daylight hours are likely cloudy or with shade, haze or low sun intensity.
- At midday the sun is on average 66.1° above the horizon at Kufra.
- The summer solstice is on June 21st (the northern solstice) when the sun reaches it's highest point 89.12° above the horizon.
- The winter solstice is on December 21st (the southern solstice) when the midday sun is at it's lowest point of 42.36° above the horizon.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 9h 00' | 9h 16' | 9h 29' | 9h 32' | 9h 52' | 11h 24' | 12h 23' | 12h 03' | 10h 20' | 9h 36' | 9h 44' | 8h 34' | 10h 06' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours & Minutes/ Day | 10h 48' | 11h 18' | 11h 58' | 12h 41' | 13h 17' | 13h 35' | 13h 27' | 12h 56' | 12h 15' | 11h 32' | 10h 56' | 10h 39' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 84 (16) | 83 (17) | 80 (20) | 76 (24) | 75 (25) | 85 (15) | 93 (7) | 94 (6) | 85 (15) | 84 (16) | 90 (10) | 82 (18) | 84 (16) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 45.8 | 55.1 | 66 | 77.7 | 85.9 | 89.1 | 85.9 | 77.8 | 66.4 | 54.9 | 45.7 | 42.4 | 66.1 |