Sunshine & Daylight Hours in Timbuktu, Mali
- Mean sunshine hours in Timbuktu range from 8h 54' per day in February to 9h 48' for each day in May.
- The longest day of the year is 13h 00' long and the shortest day is 10h 59' long.
- The longest day is 2h 00' longer than the shortest day.
- There is an average of 3439 hours of sunlight per year (of a possible 4383) with an average of 9:24 of sunlight per day.
- It is sunny 78.5% of daylight hours. The remaining 21.5% of daylight hours are likely cloudy or with shade, haze or low sun intensity.
- At midday the sun is on average 71.3° above the horizon at Timbuktu.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 9h 05' | 9h 31' | 9h 38' | 9h 44' | 9h 48' | 9h 26' | 9h 34' | 9h 01' | 9h 16' | 9h 27' | 9h 32' | 8h 54' | 9h 24' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours & Minutes/ Day | 11h 14' | 11h 33' | 12h 00' | 12h 29' | 12h 53' | 13h 05' | 13h 00' | 12h 40' | 12h 12' | 11h 43' | 11h 19' | 11h 08' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 82 (18) | 83 (17) | 81 (19) | 79 (21) | 77 (23) | 73 (27) | 74 (26) | 72 (28) | 77 (23) | 81 (19) | 85 (15) | 81 (19) | 78 (22) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 53.3 | 62.6 | 73.5 | 85.2 | 86.4 | 83.3 | 86 | 85.2 | 73.8 | 62.2 | 53.1 | 49.8 | 71.3 |