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Sunshine & Daylight Hours in Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Uk
- Average sunlight hours in Lerwick, Shetland Islands range between 0h 27' each day in December & 5h 19' each day in May.
- The longest day of the year is 18h 32' long and the shortest day is 5h 27' long.
- The longest day is 13h 05' longer than the shortest day.
- There is an average of 1082 hours of sunlight per year (of a possible 4383) with an average of 2:57 of sunlight per day.
- It is sunny 24.7% of daylight hours. The remaining 75.3% of daylight hours are likely cloudy or with shade, haze or low sun intensity.
- At midday the sun is on average 30.3° above the horizon at Lerwick, Shetland Islands.
- The summer solstice is on June 21st (the northern solstice) when the sun reaches it's highest point 53.3° above the horizon.
- The winter solstice is on December 21st (the southern solstice) when the midday sun is at it's lowest point of 6.55° above the horizon.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 0h 48' | 1h 48' | 2h 54' | 4h 24' | 5h 19' | 5h 16' | 4h 01' | 3h 46' | 3h 30' | 2h 09' | 1h 06' | 0h 27' | 2h 57' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours & Minutes/ Day | 6h 48' | 9h 05' | 11h 47' | 14h 37' | 17h 14' | 18h 46' | 18h 03' | 15h 41' | 12h 53' | 10h 03' | 7h 27' | 5h 59' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 13 (87) | 21 (79) | 25 (75) | 31 (69) | 32 (68) | 29 (71) | 23 (77) | 25 (75) | 28 (72) | 22 (78) | 16 (84) | 8 (92) | 25 (75) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 10.1 | 19.4 | 30.2 | 41.8 | 50.1 | 53.3 | 50.3 | 41.9 | 30.5 | 19.1 | 9.9 | 6.5 | 30.3 |