Sunshine & Daylight Hours in Kathmandu, Nepal

• Records indicate hours of sunshine in Kathmandu range between 4h 23' each day in September and 8h 59' for each day in March.
• The longest day of the year is 13h 45' long and the shortest day is 10h 14' long.
• The longest day is 3h 30' longer than the shortest day.
• There is an average of 2556 hours of sunlight per year (of a possible 4383) with an average of 6:59 of sunlight per day.
• It is sunny 58.3% of daylight hours. The remaining 41.7% of daylight hours are likely cloudy or with shade, haze or low sun intensity.
• At midday the sun is on average 62.6° above the horizon at Kathmandu.
• The summer solstice is on June 21st (the northern solstice) when the sun reaches it's highest point 85.72° above the horizon.
• The winter solstice is on December 21st (the southern solstice) when the midday sun is at it's lowest point of 38.88° above the horizon.