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The sunniest cities

Well-known travel destinations ranked by typical hours of sunshine per day across the year.

# City Sunshine per day Climate

1 Luxor Egypt 9.9 h/day BWhHot desert 2 Aswān Egypt 9.8 h/day BWhHot desert 3 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 8.9 h/day BWhHot desert 4 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 8.8 h/day BWhHot desert 5 Cairo Egypt 8.4 h/day BWhHot desert 6 Marrakesh Morocco 8.0 h/day BShHot semi-arid 7 Karratha Australia 8.0 h/day BWhHot desert 8 Amman Jordan 8.0 h/day BShHot semi-arid 9 Jerusalem Israel 8.0 h/day CsaHot-summer Mediterranean 10 Mount Isa Australia 8.0 h/day BShHot semi-arid 11 Phoenix AZ, United States 7.8 h/day BWhHot desert 12 San Jose CA, United States 7.8 h/day CsbWarm-summer Mediterranean 13 Yulara Australia 7.8 h/day BWhHot desert 14 Muscat Oman 7.8 h/day BWhHot desert 15 Coober Pedy Australia 7.8 h/day BWhHot desert 16 Cape Town South Africa 7.8 h/day CsaHot-summer Mediterranean 17 Scottsdale AZ, United States 7.8 h/day BWhHot desert 18 Alexandria Egypt 7.7 h/day BShHot semi-arid 19 Tucson AZ, United States 7.7 h/day BShHot semi-arid 20 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 7.7 h/day BWhHot desert 21 Sedona AZ, United States 7.6 h/day BSkCold semi-arid 22 Dubai United Arab Emirates 7.6 h/day BWhHot desert 23 Windhoek Namibia 7.5 h/day BWhHot desert 24 Broome Australia 7.5 h/day BShHot semi-arid 25 Las Vegas NV, United States 7.4 h/day BWhHot desert 26 Cabo San Lucas Mexico 7.3 h/day BWhHot desert 27 Casablanca Morocco 7.2 h/day BShHot semi-arid 28 Agra India 7.2 h/day CsaHot-summer Mediterranean 29 Carmel-by-the-Sea CA, United States 7.2 h/day CsbWarm-summer Mediterranean 30 Tel Aviv Israel 7.2 h/day CsaHot-summer Mediterranean 31 New Delhi India 7.1 h/day CwaMonsoon-influenced humid subtropical 32 Sevilla Spain 7.1 h/day BShHot semi-arid 33 Lahaina HI, United States 7.1 h/day BShHot semi-arid 34 Doha Qatar 7.1 h/day BWhHot desert 35 Jaipur India 7.1 h/day BShHot semi-arid 36 Johannesburg South Africa 7.1 h/day CwaMonsoon-influenced humid subtropical 37 Yosemite Valley CA, United States 7.1 h/day CsaHot-summer Mediterranean 38 Tusayan AZ, United States 7.1 h/day CsbWarm-summer Mediterranean 39 Albufeira Portugal 7.1 h/day CsaHot-summer Mediterranean 40 Arequipa Peru 7.1 h/day BWkCold desert 41 İzmir Turkey 7.0 h/day CsaHot-summer Mediterranean 42 Page AZ, United States 6.9 h/day BWkCold desert 43 Granada Spain 6.9 h/day CsaHot-summer Mediterranean 44 Mendoza Argentina 6.9 h/day BWkCold desert 45 Tunis Tunisia 6.8 h/day BShHot semi-arid 46 Santa Fe NM, United States 6.8 h/day BSkCold semi-arid 47 Nicosia Cyprus 6.8 h/day BShHot semi-arid 48 Philipsburg Sint Maarten 6.8 h/day AwTropical savanna (dry winter)49 Athens Greece 6.8 h/day BShHot semi-arid 50 Fes Morocco 6.8 h/day CsaHot-summer Mediterranean 51 Mykonos Greece 6.7 h/day BWhHot desert 52 Toledo Spain 6.7 h/day BSkCold semi-arid 53 Mumbai India 6.7 h/day AmTropical monsoon 54 Salvaleón de Higüey Dominican Republic 6.7 h/day AwTropical savanna (dry winter)55 Punta Cana Dominican Republic 6.7 h/day AwTropical savanna (dry winter)56 Málaga Spain 6.6 h/day CsaHot-summer Mediterranean 57 Ronda Spain 6.6 h/day CsaHot-summer Mediterranean 58 San Miguel de Allende Mexico 6.6 h/day CwbSubtropical highland 59 Mammoth Lakes CA, United States 6.6 h/day CsbWarm-summer Mediterranean 60 Three Rivers CA, United States 6.6 h/day CsaHot-summer Mediterranean 61 Lihue HI, United States 6.6 h/day AsTropical savanna (dry summer)62 Valletta Malta 6.6 h/day CsaHot-summer Mediterranean 63 Saint John’s Antigua and Barbuda 6.6 h/day AwTropical savanna (dry winter)64 Bowen Australia 6.6 h/day AwTropical savanna (dry winter)65 Charlotte Amalie US Virgin Islands 6.6 h/day AwTropical savanna (dry winter)66 Road Town British Virgin Islands 6.6 h/day AwTropical savanna (dry winter)67 Irákleion Greece 6.5 h/day CsaHot-summer Mediterranean 68 Rome Italy 6.5 h/day CsaHot-summer Mediterranean 69 Moab UT, United States 6.5 h/day BSkCold semi-arid 70 Harare Zimbabwe 6.5 h/day CwaMonsoon-influenced humid subtropical 71 Kingston Jamaica 6.4 h/day BShHot semi-arid 72 Guadalajara Mexico 6.4 h/day CwaMonsoon-influenced humid subtropical 73 Monterrey Mexico 6.4 h/day BShHot semi-arid 74 Castries Saint Lucia 6.4 h/day AfTropical rainforest 75 Beirut Lebanon 6.3 h/day CsaHot-summer Mediterranean 76 Perth Australia 6.3 h/day CsaHot-summer Mediterranean 77 Valencia Spain 6.3 h/day BSkCold semi-arid 78 Marseille France 6.3 h/day CsaHot-summer Mediterranean 79 Aix-en-Provence France 6.3 h/day CsaHot-summer Mediterranean 80 Naples Italy 6.3 h/day CsaHot-summer Mediterranean 81 Sorrento Italy 6.3 h/day CsaHot-summer Mediterranean 82 Capri Italy 6.3 h/day CsaHot-summer Mediterranean 83 Amalfi Italy 6.3 h/day CsaHot-summer Mediterranean 84 Positano Italy 6.3 h/day CsaHot-summer Mediterranean 85 Cozumel Mexico 6.3 h/day AwTropical savanna (dry winter)86 Cancún Mexico 6.3 h/day AwTropical savanna (dry winter)87 Isla Mujeres Mexico 6.3 h/day AwTropical savanna (dry winter)88 Brisbane Australia 6.2 h/day CfaHumid subtropical 89 Gold Coast Australia 6.2 h/day CfaHumid subtropical 90 Santo Domingo Dominican Republic 6.2 h/day AmTropical monsoon 91 Samarkand Uzbekistan 6.2 h/day CsaHot-summer Mediterranean 92 Noosa Heads Australia 6.2 h/day CfaHumid subtropical 93 Valparaíso Chile 6.2 h/day CsbWarm-summer Mediterranean 94 Antalya Turkey 6.2 h/day CsaHot-summer Mediterranean 95 Adelaide Australia 6.2 h/day CsaHot-summer Mediterranean 96 Palermo Italy 6.1 h/day CsaHot-summer Mediterranean 97 Dallas TX, United States 6.1 h/day CfaHumid subtropical 98 George Town Cayman Islands 6.1 h/day AwTropical savanna (dry winter)99 Madrid Spain 6.1 h/day BSkCold semi-arid 100 Nice France 6.0 h/day CsaHot-summer Mediterranean

Built from 30 years of typical weather (1991-2020). The list is drawn from a curated set of about 300 well-known travel destinations so the ranking reads as recognisable places — you can find any other city through the full directory or the search above. Cities with more than 50% cloud cover on average are dropped — the list is meant to be genuinely sunny places.