Sunshine & Daylight Hours in Piteå, Sweden
- The data indicates hours of sunlight in Piteå range from 0h 15' per day in December to 9h 58' each day in July.
- The longest day of the year is 21h 24' long and the shortest day is 2h 35' long.
- The longest day is 18h 49' longer than the shortest day.
- There is an average of 1818 hours of sunlight per year (of a possible 4383) with an average of 4:58 of sunlight per day.
- It is sunny 41.5% of daylight hours. The remaining 58.5% of daylight hours are likely cloudy or with shade, haze or low sun intensity.
- At midday the sun is on average 25.1° above the horizon at Piteå.
- The summer solstice is on June 21st (the northern solstice) when the sun reaches it's highest point 48.13° above the horizon.
- The winter solstice is on December 21st (the southern solstice) when the midday sun is at it's lowest point of 1.59° above the horizon.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 0h 46' | 1h 46' | 4h 52' | 6h 58' | 8h 40' | 9h 58' | 9h 56' | 6h 54' | 5h 08' | 3h 09' | 1h 08' | 0h 15' | 4h 58' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours & Minutes/ Day | 5h 15' | 8h 37' | 12h 05' | 15h 40' | 19h 15' | 21h 53' | 20h 34' | 17h 03' | 13h 28' | 9h 53' | 6h 18' | 3h 45' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 18 (82) | 23 (77) | 43 (57) | 47 (53) | 47 (53) | 47 (53) | 50 (50) | 43 (57) | 41 (59) | 35 (65) | 21 (79) | 9 (91) | 41 (59) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 5 | 14.2 | 25 | 36.6 | 44.9 | 48.1 | 45.1 | 36.8 | 25.4 | 13.9 | 4.9 | 1.6 | 25.1 |