Sunshine & Daylight Hours in Anchorage, Alaska, Usa

• Records indicate hours of sunlight in Anchorage, Alaska range from 1h 34' for each day in December to 9h 36' daily in June.
• The longest day of the year is 18h 55' long and the shortest day is 5h 04' long.
• The longest day is 13h 50' longer than the shortest day.
• There is an average of 1992 hours of sunlight per year (of a possible 4383) with an average of 5:27 of sunlight per day.
• It is sunny 45.4% of daylight hours. The remaining 54.6% of daylight hours are likely cloudy or with shade, haze or low sun intensity.
• At midday the sun is on average 29.3° above the horizon at Anchorage, Alaska.
• The summer solstice is on June 21st (the northern solstice) when the sun reaches it's highest point 52.29° above the horizon.
• The winter solstice is on December 21st (the southern solstice) when the midday sun is at it's lowest point of 5.56° above the horizon.