Sunshine & Daylight Hours in Cuzco, Peru
- Records indicate hours of sunlight in Cuzco range from 4h 16' each day in February to 8h 17' for every day in July.
- The longest day of the year is 12h 47' long and the shortest day is 11h 12' long.
- The longest day is 1h 35' longer than the shortest day.
- There is an average of 2350 hours of sunlight per year (of a possible 4383) with an average of 6:26 of sunlight per day.
- It is sunny 53.6% of daylight hours. The remaining 46.4% of daylight hours are likely cloudy or with shade, haze or low sun intensity.
- At midday the sun is on average 71.9° above the horizon at Cuzco.
| Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Annual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 8h 17' | 7h 36' | 6h 30' | 6h 23' | 6h 30' | 5h 05' | 4h 36' | 4h 16' | 5h 29' | 7h 00' | 7h 42' | 7h 36' | 6h 26' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours & Minutes/ Day | 11h 24' | 11h 40' | 12h 02' | 12h 25' | 12h 44' | 12h 54' | 12h 49' | 12h 33' | 12h 11' | 11h 48' | 11h 29' | 11h 19' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 73 (27) | 66 (34) | 54 (46) | 52 (48) | 51 (49) | 40 (60) | 36 (64) | 34 (66) | 45 (55) | 60 (40) | 68 (32) | 68 (32) | 54 (46) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 56.1 | 64.5 | 75.8 | 85.4 | 82.7 | 80.1 | 83.2 | 85.4 | 76 | 64.5 | 56.2 | 53 | 71.9 |