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Sunshine & Daylight Hours in Port Sudan, Sudan
- Records indicate hours of sunshine in Port Sudan range from 6h 42' per day in December to 10h 48' each day in May.
- The longest day of the year is 13h 10' long and the shortest day is 10h 49' long.
- The longest day is 2h 21' longer than the shortest day.
- There is an average of 3317 hours of sunlight per year (of a possible 4383) with an average of 9:04 of sunlight per day.
- It is sunny 75.7% of daylight hours. The remaining 24.3% of daylight hours are likely cloudy or with shade, haze or low sun intensity.
- At midday the sun is on average 69.7° above the horizon at Port Sudan.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 7h 00' | 7h 53' | 8h 30' | 10h 12' | 10h 48' | 10h 12' | 9h 42' | 9h 42' | 10h 00' | 9h 54' | 8h 18' | 6h 42' | 9h 04' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours & Minutes/ Day | 11h 04' | 11h 27' | 11h 59' | 12h 34' | 13h 02' | 13h 16' | 13h 10' | 12h 46' | 12h 13' | 11h 39' | 11h 10' | 10h 57' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 64 (36) | 70 (30) | 72 (28) | 82 (18) | 84 (16) | 78 (22) | 74 (26) | 77 (23) | 83 (17) | 86 (14) | 75 (25) | 62 (38) | 76 (24) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 50.5 | 59.7 | 70.6 | 82.3 | 89 | 86.1 | 88.3 | 82.5 | 71 | 59.5 | 50.3 | 47 | 69.7 |