Sunshine & Daylight Hours in Jersey, Uk
- Hours of sunshine in Jersey range between 1h 46' for each day in December and 8h 22' daily in June.
- The longest day of the year is 16h 01' long and the shortest day is 7h 58' long.
- The longest day is 8h 02' longer than the shortest day.
- There is an average of 1882 hours of sunlight per year (of a possible 4383) with an average of 5:09 of sunlight per day.
- It is sunny 42.9% of daylight hours. The remaining 57.1% of daylight hours are likely cloudy or with shade, haze or low sun intensity.
- At midday the sun is on average 41.2° above the horizon at Jersey.
- The summer solstice is on June 21st (the northern solstice) when the sun reaches it's highest point 64.22° above the horizon.
- The winter solstice is on December 21st (the southern solstice) when the midday sun is at it's lowest point of 17.4° above the horizon.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 2h 07' | 3h 11' | 4h 58' | 6h 24' | 7h 23' | 8h 22' | 7h 42' | 7h 23' | 5h 50' | 4h 05' | 2h 30' | 1h 46' | 5h 09' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours & Minutes/ Day | 8h 42' | 10h 03' | 11h 49' | 13h 41' | 15h 18' | 16h 08' | 15h 46' | 14h 21' | 12h 32' | 10h 40' | 9h 04' | 8h 15' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 25 (75) | 32 (68) | 43 (57) | 47 (53) | 49 (51) | 52 (48) | 50 (50) | 52 (48) | 47 (53) | 39 (61) | 28 (72) | 22 (78) | 43 (57) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 20.9 | 30.3 | 41.1 | 52.7 | 61 | 64.2 | 61.2 | 52.8 | 41.4 | 29.9 | 20.8 | 17.4 | 41.2 |