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Sunshine & Daylight Hours in Christchurch, New Zealand
- Mean sunlight hours in Christchurch range from 3h 52' each day in June to 6h 56' for every day in January.
- The longest day of the year is 15h 14' long and the shortest day is 8h 45' long.
- The longest day is 6h 29' longer than the shortest day.
- There is an average of 1990 hours of sunlight per year (of a possible 4383) with an average of 5:26 of sunlight per day.
- It is sunny 45.4% of daylight hours. The remaining 54.6% of daylight hours are likely cloudy or with shade, haze or low sun intensity.
- At midday the sun is on average 46° above the horizon at Christchurch.
| Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Annual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 4h 03' | 4h 40' | 5h 38' | 6h 01' | 6h 52' | 6h 15' | 6h 56' | 6h 26' | 5h 36' | 4h 46' | 4h 17' | 3h 52' | 5h 26' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours & Minutes/ Day | 9h 17' | 10h 25' | 11h 53' | 13h 25' | 14h 43' | 15h 21' | 15h 00' | 13h 55' | 12h 29' | 10h 58' | 9h 39' | 8h 59' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 45 (55) | 46 (54) | 48 (52) | 46 (54) | 47 (53) | 41 (59) | 47 (53) | 47 (53) | 46 (54) | 44 (56) | 45 (55) | 44 (56) | 45 (55) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 26 | 34.3 | 45.6 | 56.9 | 66.1 | 69.9 | 66.3 | 57 | 46.3 | 34.7 | 26.4 | 23.1 | 46 |