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Cities with the most published annual sunshine

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

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Arafo, Spain is first in the current published ranking at 3,737.3 hours/year; compare its source date and geographic grain before using the result.

Items compared
30
Countries represented
11
Last checked
2026-08-01

Source-backed answers

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

RankCity or placePublished valueCheckedSource and scope
1Arafo, Spain3,737.3 hours/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
2Arico, Spain3,737.3 hours/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
3Candelaria, Spain3,737.3 hours/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
4Guancha, La, Spain3,737.3 hours/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
5Güímar, Spain3,737.3 hours/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
6Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates3,522.1 hours/year2026-07-26
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
7Alice Springs, Australia3,511.7 hours/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
8Larnaka, Cyprus3,347.9 hours/year2026-07-29
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
9Nicosia, Cyprus3,347.9 hours/year2026-07-26
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
10Pafos, Cyprus3,331 hours/year2026-07-29
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
11Perth, Australia3,216.7 hours/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
12Birkirkara, Malta2,995.2 hours/year2026-07-29
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
13Mosta, Malta2,995.2 hours/year2026-07-29
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
14San Ġiljan, Malta2,995.2 hours/year2026-07-29
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
15Sliema, Malta2,995.2 hours/year2026-07-29
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
16Valletta, Malta2,995.2 hours/year2026-07-26
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
17Brisbane, Australia2,978.2 hours/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
18Marignane, France2,897.5 hours/year2026-07-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
19Aix-en-Provence, France2,891 hours/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
20Allauch, France2,891 hours/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
21Berre-l'Étang, France2,891 hours/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
22Bouc-Bel-Air, France2,891 hours/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
23Lisbon, Portugal2,792.8 hours/year2026-07-26
Source Scope: city · Period: 2000-12-31
24Athens, Greece2,774.5 hours/year2026-07-26
Source Scope: city · Period: 1990-12-31
25Roma, Italy2,723.9 hours/year2026-07-26
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
26Split, Croatia2,698.5 hours/year2026-07-29
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
27Petrich, Bulgaria2,641 hours/year2026-08-01
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
28Sandanski, Bulgaria2,641 hours/year2026-08-01
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
29Albenga, Italy2,628.8 hours/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 2020-12-31
30Grosseto, Italy2,618.5 hours/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 2020-12-31

What the numbers say

  • Arafo, Spain leads at 3,737.3 hours/year.
  • Grosseto, Italy sits at the other end with 2,618.5 hours/year.
  • The middle of this ranking is 2,995.2 hours/year, across 30 places that publish the metric.
  • The spread between first and last is 1,118.8 hours/year.

What this measures

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.

  • 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
2026-08-01
With an official source link
30 of 30

Sources

WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station IZAÑAWorld Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI · Checked 2026-07-31WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 station CSVWorld Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI · Checked 2026-07-26WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORTWorld Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI · Checked 2026-07-31WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 station CSVWorld Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI · Checked 2026-07-29WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 station CSVWorld Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI · Checked 2026-07-26WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 station CSVWorld Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI · Checked 2026-07-29WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station PERTH AIRPORTWorld Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI · Checked 2026-07-31Malta climate profile 1991-2020 — Malta International Airport station observationNational Statistics Office of Malta / Malta International Airport Meteorological Office · Checked 2026-07-29Malta climate profile 1991-2020National Statistics Office of Malta / Malta International Airport Meteorological Office · Checked 2026-07-26WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station BRISBANE AEROWorld Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI · Checked 2026-07-31Météo-France climate normal — mean monthly sunshine duration, MARIGNANE, 1991-2020Météo-France · Checked 2026-07-27WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station MARIGNANEWorld Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI · Checked 2026-07-31