Sunshine & Daylight Hours in Moscow, Russia
- Sunlight hours in Moscow range between 0h 40' each day in December and 8h 58' per day in July.
- The longest day of the year is 17h 17' long and the shortest day is 6h 42' long.
- The longest day is 10h 35' longer than the shortest day.
- There is an average of 1693 hours of sunlight per year (of a possible 4383) with an average of 4:38 of sunlight per day.
- It is sunny 38.6% of daylight hours. The remaining 61.4% of daylight hours are likely cloudy or with shade, haze or low sun intensity.
- At midday the sun is on average 34.6° above the horizon at Moscow.
- The summer solstice is on June 21st (the northern solstice) when the sun reaches it's highest point 57.61° above the horizon.
- The winter solstice is on December 21st (the southern solstice) when the midday sun is at it's lowest point of 10.81° above the horizon.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 0h 56' | 2h 11' | 3h 52' | 5h 56' | 8h 13' | 8h 58' | 8h 42' | 7h 21' | 5h 04' | 2h 27' | 1h 06' | 0h 40' | 4h 38' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours & Minutes/ Day | 7h 43' | 9h 32' | 11h 47' | 14h 10' | 16h 18' | 17h 28' | 16h 56' | 15h 03' | 12h 43' | 10h 20' | 8h 13' | 7h 06' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 13 (87) | 24 (76) | 34 (66) | 43 (57) | 51 (49) | 52 (48) | 52 (48) | 50 (50) | 41 (59) | 24 (76) | 14 (86) | 10 (90) | 39 (61) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 14.3 | 23.6 | 34.4 | 46.1 | 54.4 | 57.6 | 54.6 | 46.3 | 34.8 | 23.4 | 14.2 | 10.8 | 34.6 |