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Sunshine & Daylight Hours in Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Sunshine hours in Saint Petersburg range from 0h 17' for each day in December to 8h 56' daily in July.
- The longest day of the year is 18h 28' long and the shortest day is 5h 31' long.
- The longest day is 12h 57' longer than the shortest day.
- There is an average of 1563 hours of sunlight per year (of a possible 4383) with an average of 4:16 of sunlight per day.
- It is sunny 35.7% of daylight hours. The remaining 64.3% of daylight hours are likely cloudy or with shade, haze or low sun intensity.
- At midday the sun is on average 30.4° above the horizon at Saint Petersburg.
- The summer solstice is on June 21st (the northern solstice) when the sun reaches it's highest point 53.48° above the horizon.
- The winter solstice is on December 21st (the southern solstice) when the midday sun is at it's lowest point of 6.73° above the horizon.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 0h 32' | 1h 20' | 3h 34' | 5h 32' | 8h 09' | 8h 46' | 8h 56' | 6h 50' | 4h 20' | 2h 07' | 0h 42' | 0h 17' | 4h 16' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours & Minutes/ Day | 6h 49' | 9h 05' | 11h 46' | 14h 35' | 17h 10' | 18h 40' | 17h 58' | 15h 38' | 12h 51' | 10h 02' | 7h 28' | 6h 01' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 8 (92) | 15 (85) | 31 (69) | 39 (61) | 49 (51) | 48 (52) | 51 (49) | 45 (55) | 35 (65) | 22 (78) | 10 (90) | 5 (95) | 36 (64) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 10.2 | 19.5 | 30.3 | 42 | 50.2 | 53.5 | 50.5 | 42.1 | 30.7 | 19.3 | 10.1 | 6.7 | 30.4 |