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Cities with the most published annual sunshine

Candelaria, Spain has the highest climate sunshine annual h derived of the 30 cities compared: 3,737 hours/year (WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station IZAÑA, 1991-12-31).

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Published monthly sunshine normals totalled into annual hours, ranked highest first. Sunshine hours are not relabelled as sunny days.

Items compared
30
Countries represented
8
Last checked
2026-08-05

Source-backed answers

Compare each answer with its unit and checked date; the complete source ledger is below.

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Original rankCity or placePublished valueSource and scope
1Candelaria, Spain3,737 hours/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
2Güímar, Spain3,737 hours/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
3Icod de los Vinos, Spain3,737 hours/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
4Orotava, La, Spain3,737 hours/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
5Puerto de la Cruz, Spain3,737 hours/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
6Alice Springs, Australia3,512 hours/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
7Larnaka, Cyprus3,348 hours/year2026-07-29
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
8Nicosia, Cyprus3,348 hours/year2026-07-26
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
9Pafos, Cyprus3,331 hours/year2026-07-29
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
10Paphos, Cyprus3,331 hours/year2026-08-05
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
11Aglantziá, Cyprus3,298 hours/year2026-08-05
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
12Perth, Australia3,217 hours/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
13Belpasso, Italy3,130 hours/year2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 1991-12-31
14Catania, Italy3,130 hours/year2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 1991-12-31
15Gravina di Catania, Italy3,130 hours/year2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 1991-12-31
16Lentini, Italy3,130 hours/year2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 1991-12-31
17Mascalucia, Italy3,130 hours/year2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 1991-12-31
18Birkirkara, Malta2,995 hours/year2026-07-29
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
19Mosta, Malta2,995 hours/year2026-07-29
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
20Sliema, Malta2,995 hours/year2026-07-29
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
21Brisbane, Australia2,978 hours/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
22Marignane, France2,898 hours/year2026-07-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
23Aix-en-Provence, France2,891 hours/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
24Allauch, France2,891 hours/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
25Gardanne, France2,891 hours/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
26Istres, France2,891 hours/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
27Chios, Greece2,871 hours/year2026-08-05
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
28Lisbon, Portugal2,793 hours/year2026-07-26
Source Scope: city · Period: 2000-12-31
29Athens, Greece2,775 hours/year2026-07-26
Source Scope: city · Period: 1990-12-31
30Kos, Greece2,738 hours/year2026-08-05
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31

What the numbers say

  • Candelaria, Spain leads at 3,737 hours/year.
  • Kos, Greece sits at the other end with 2,738 hours/year.
  • The middle of this ranking is 3,130 hours/year, across 30 places that publish the metric.
  • The spread between first and last is 999.7 hours/year.

Quick answer

What does Cities with the most published annual sunshine show?

Candelaria, Spain has the highest climate sunshine annual h derived of the 30 cities compared: 3,737 hours/year (WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station IZAÑA, 1991-12-31).

How this list is built

Every row is a published observation measured in hours/year, ranked highest first. The values were observed between 1990 and 2020. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value. Only published cities with at least 20,000 residents and city-level observations qualify.

  • Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
  • A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
Rows
30 places
Geographic grain
2 grains: nearest_station, city
Observation period
1990-12-31 to 2020-12-31
Last checked
2026-08-05
With an official source link
30 of 30

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, August 5). Cities with the most published annual sunshine [ImmigrationDB compilation; version b920dffd6a5b4ccf29261be7b954ce65]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/cities-with-the-most-sunshine/ Retrieved 2026-08-05. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_cities-with-the-most-published-annual-sunshine_61b7c9b3b6ec,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Cities with the most published annual sunshine},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-08-05},
  version = {b920dffd6a5b4ccf29261be7b954ce65},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/cities-with-the-most-sunshine/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-08-05. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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Sources

  1. WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station IZAÑAWorld Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI · Checked 2026-07-31
  2. WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORTWorld Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI · Checked 2026-07-31
  3. WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 station CSVWorld Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI · Checked 2026-07-29
  4. WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 station CSVWorld Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI · Checked 2026-07-29
  5. World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEIWorld Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI · Checked 2026-08-05
  6. WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station PERTH AIRPORTWorld Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI · Checked 2026-07-31
  7. Malta climate profile 1991-2020 — Malta International Airport station observationNational Statistics Office of Malta / Malta International Airport Meteorological Office · Checked 2026-07-29
  8. WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station BRISBANE AEROWorld Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI · Checked 2026-07-31
  9. Météo-France climate normal — mean monthly sunshine duration, MARIGNANE, 1991-2020Météo-France · Checked 2026-07-27
  10. WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station MARIGNANEWorld Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI · Checked 2026-07-31
Show 2 more sources
  1. IPMA climate normal — Lisbon Geofísico, 1971-2000Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera · Checked 2026-07-26
  2. DWD climate table — Athens Airport (Hellinikon), 1961-1990Deutscher Wetterdienst · Checked 2026-07-26