Sunshine & Daylight Hours in Zanzibar, Tanzania
- On balance hours of sunlight in Zanzibar range between 5h 42' for each day in April and 8h 30' each day in August.
- The longest day of the year is 12h 21' long and the shortest day is 11h 38' long.
- The longest day is 0h 43' longer than the shortest day.
- There is an average of 2755 hours of sunlight per year (of a possible 4383) with an average of 7:32 of sunlight per day.
- It is sunny 62.9% of daylight hours. The remaining 37.1% of daylight hours are likely cloudy or with shade, haze or low sun intensity.
- At midday the sun is on average 74.2° above the horizon at Zanzibar.
| Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Annual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 7h 11' | 8h 23' | 8h 30' | 8h 11' | 7h 24' | 8h 00' | 7h 30' | 7h 55' | 7h 17' | 5h 42' | 7h 00' | 7h 24' | 7h 32' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours & Minutes/ Day | 11h 47' | 11h 55' | 12h 05' | 12h 15' | 12h 24' | 12h 28' | 12h 26' | 12h 18' | 12h 09' | 11h 58' | 11h 50' | 11h 45' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 62 (38) | 71 (29) | 71 (29) | 67 (33) | 60 (40) | 65 (35) | 61 (39) | 65 (35) | 61 (39) | 48 (52) | 60 (40) | 64 (36) | 63 (37) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 63.3 | 71.7 | 82.9 | 84.1 | 75.9 | 72.8 | 76.1 | 84.5 | 83.3 | 71.9 | 63.6 | 60.4 | 74.2 |