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Sunshine & Daylight Hours in Bratislava, Slovakia
- On balance hours of sunlight in Bratislava range between 1h 27' per day in December and 9h 02' for each day in July.
- The longest day of the year is 15h 51' long and the shortest day is 8h 08' long.
- The longest day is 7h 43' longer than the shortest day.
- There is an average of 2042 hours of sunlight per year (of a possible 4383) with an average of 5:35 of sunlight per day.
- It is sunny 46.6% of daylight hours. The remaining 53.4% of daylight hours are likely cloudy or with shade, haze or low sun intensity.
- At midday the sun is on average 42.2° above the horizon at Bratislava.
- The summer solstice is on June 21st (the northern solstice) when the sun reaches it's highest point 65.27° above the horizon.
- The winter solstice is on December 21st (the southern solstice) when the midday sun is at it's lowest point of 18.45° above the horizon.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 2h 05' | 2h 56' | 4h 52' | 6h 46' | 8h 30' | 9h 02' | 8h 56' | 8h 44' | 6h 54' | 4h 38' | 2h 02' | 1h 27' | 5h 35' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours & Minutes/ Day | 8h 50' | 10h 08' | 11h 49' | 13h 37' | 15h 10' | 15h 59' | 15h 37' | 14h 16' | 12h 31' | 10h 44' | 9h 11' | 8h 25' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 24 (76) | 30 (70) | 42 (58) | 50 (50) | 57 (43) | 57 (43) | 58 (42) | 62 (38) | 56 (44) | 44 (56) | 23 (77) | 18 (82) | 47 (53) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 22 | 31.3 | 42.1 | 53.8 | 62 | 65.3 | 62.2 | 53.9 | 42.5 | 31 | 21.9 | 18.4 | 42.2 |