Sunshine Atlas

Sunshine destinations in Africa

365 places, each with month-by-month sunshine data.

Luderitz is the sunniest place in Africa — about 4,150 hours of sunshine a year, at its best in December.

The sunniest places in Africa

All 365 Africa destinations with sunshine data, ranked by annual hours.

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  • 351
    Port Gentil

    Gabonbeach resort

    1,680 h sun/yrbest in July

  • 352
    Warri

    Nigeriacity break

    1,621 h sun/yrbest in January

  • 353
    Oyem

    Gabonsmall town

    1,598 h sun/yrbest in July

  • 354
    Libreville

    Gaboncoastal city break

    1,592 h sun/yrbest in July

  • 355
    Corisco

    Equatorial Guineabeach resort

    1,591 h sun/yrbest in July

  • 356
    São Tomé & Príncipe

    São Tomé & Príncipebeach resort

    1,591 h sun/yrbest in August

  • 357
    Bata

    Equatorial Guineabeach resort

    1,590 h sun/yrbest in July

  • 358
    Pointe Noire

    Congo - Brazzavillecoastal city break

    1,577 h sun/yrbest in July

  • 359
    Douala

    Camerooncoastal city break

    1,549 h sun/yrbest in January

  • 360
    Cabinda

    Angolacoastal city break

    1,496 h sun/yrbest in July

  • 361
    Uyo

    Nigeriacity break

    1,496 h sun/yrbest in December

  • 362
    Calabar

    Nigeriacoastal city break

    1,495 h sun/yrbest in December

  • 363
    Makokou

    Gabonsmall town

    1,459 h sun/yrbest in July

  • 364
    Malabo

    Equatorial Guineabeach resort

    1,221 h sun/yrbest in December

  • 365
    Gamba

    Gabonbeach resort

    1,197 h sun/yrbest in July

Sunshine hours come from climate normals interpolated to each destination — treat near-identical values as ties. How the data works →

Every destination, by country

Sorted by annual sunshine within each country.

Algeria

Angola

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

Congo - Brazzaville

Congo - Kinshasa

Côte d’Ivoire

Djibouti

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Eswatini

Ethiopia

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Kenya

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mayotte

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Niger

Nigeria

Réunion

Rwanda

São Tomé & Príncipe

Senegal

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South Africa

South Sudan

Spain

St. Helena

Sudan

Tanzania

Togo

Tunisia

Uganda

Western Sahara

Zambia

Zimbabwe