Sunshine & Daylight Hours in Izmir, Turkey
- Records indicate hours of sunlight in Izmir range between 4h 00' daily in January and 12h 30' per day in July.
- The longest day of the year is 14h 40' long and the shortest day is 9h 19' long.
- The longest day is 5h 21' longer than the shortest day.
- There is an average of 3008 hours of sunlight per year (of a possible 4383) with an average of 8:14 of sunlight per day.
- It is sunny 68.6% of daylight hours. The remaining 31.4% of daylight hours are likely cloudy or with shade, haze or low sun intensity.
- At midday the sun is on average 51.9° above the horizon at Izmir.
- The summer solstice is on June 21st (the northern solstice) when the sun reaches it's highest point 75° above the horizon.
- The winter solstice is on December 21st (the southern solstice) when the midday sun is at it's lowest point of 28.16° above the horizon.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 4h 00' | 5h 35' | 6h 17' | 8h 24' | 9h 54' | 11h 48' | 12h 30' | 12h 11' | 10h 24' | 7h 42' | 5h 36' | 4h 17' | 8h 14' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours & Minutes/ Day | 9h 48' | 10h 41' | 11h 53' | 13h 09' | 14h 14' | 14h 47' | 14h 32' | 13h 37' | 12h 23' | 11h 07' | 10h 02' | 9h 31' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 41 (59) | 53 (47) | 54 (46) | 65 (35) | 70 (30) | 81 (19) | 87 (13) | 91 (9) | 85 (15) | 70 (30) | 57 (43) | 46 (54) | 69 (31) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 31.7 | 41 | 51.8 | 63.5 | 71.8 | 75 | 72 | 63.6 | 52.2 | 40.7 | 31.6 | 28.2 | 51.9 |