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Sunshine & Daylight Hours in Atar, Mauritania
- Records indicate hours of sunshine in Atar range from 8h 09' per day in December to 10h 50' for every day in May.
- The longest day of the year is 13h 14' long and the shortest day is 10h 45' long.
- The longest day is 2h 29' longer than the shortest day.
- There is an average of 3471 hours of sunlight per year (of a possible 4383) with an average of 9:30 of sunlight per day.
- It is sunny 79.2% of daylight hours. The remaining 20.8% of daylight hours are likely cloudy or with shade, haze or low sun intensity.
- At midday the sun is on average 69.1° above the horizon at Atar.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 8h 36' | 9h 14' | 10h 11' | 10h 50' | 10h 42' | 10h 30' | 10h 01' | 9h 44' | 8h 34' | 8h 30' | 8h 56' | 8h 09' | 9h 30' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours & Minutes/ Day | 11h 01' | 11h 26' | 11h 59' | 12h 35' | 13h 05' | 13h 20' | 13h 14' | 12h 48' | 12h 14' | 11h 38' | 11h 08' | 10h 54' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 79 (21) | 82 (18) | 86 (14) | 87 (13) | 83 (17) | 79 (21) | 77 (23) | 77 (23) | 71 (29) | 74 (26) | 81 (19) | 76 (24) | 79 (21) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 49.6 | 58.8 | 69.7 | 81.4 | 89.2 | 87.1 | 88.5 | 81.5 | 70 | 58.5 | 49.4 | 46.1 | 69.1 |