Sunshine Atlas

Rankings

Where the weather is at its best or its worst: across the year, month by month, for a holiday, country by country, in Europe and worldwide, from long-term climate normals.

All year

Sunniest, month by month

  • Luxor
    January

    Top 3: Sohag, Luxor, Hurghada

  • Tabuk
    February

    Top 3: Tabuk, Sohag, Luxor

  • Hurghada
    March

    Top 3: Tabuk, Sohag, Luxor

  • Al-Jawf
    April

    Top 3: Calama, Tabuk, Hurghada

  • Alexandria
    May

    Top 3: Calama, Alexandria, Dakhla

  • Windhoek
    June

    Top 3: Calama, Windhoek, Alexandria

  • Dakhla
    July

    Top 3: Calama, Windhoek, Dakhla

  • Port Hedland
    August

    Top 3: Calama, Windhoek, Port Hedland

  • Kerman
    September

    Top 3: Calama, Alexandria, Kerman

  • Najran
    October

    Top 3: Calama, Najran, Al-Jawf

  • Tamanrasset
    November

    Top 3: Calama, Sohag, Luxor

  • Marsa Alam
    December

    Top 3: Tabuk, Sohag, Luxor

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For a holiday

Country by country

  • El Hierro
    Spain

    Top 3: El Hierro, Gran Canaria, Jerez de la Frontera

  • Kos
    Greece

    Top 3: Kos, Rhodes, Karpathos

  • Portimão
    Portugal

    Top 3: Portimão, Faro, Lisbon

  • Lampedusa
    Italy

    Top 3: Lampedusa, Comiso, Pantelleria (TP)

  • Dalaman
    Turkey

    Top 3: Dalaman, Bodrum, Erzurum

  • Marseille
    France

    Top 3: Marseille, Avignon, Nîmes/Garons

  • Split
    Croatia

    Top 3: Split, Brač, Dubrovnik

  • Paphos
    Cyprus

    Top 3: Paphos, Larnaca, Lefkoniko (Geçitkale)

  • Abu Simbel
    Egypt

    Top 3: Abu Simbel, Aswan, Asyut

  • Zagora
    Morocco

    Top 3: Zagora, Ouarzazate, Errachidia

  • Gabès
    Tunisia

    Top 3: Gabès, Gafsa, Tozeur

  • Southampton
    The UK

    Top 3: Southampton, Bournemouth, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly

  • Cork
    Ireland

    Top 3: Cork, Dublin, Shannon

  • Yuma
    The USA

    Top 3: Yuma, Lake Havasu City, Imperial

  • Pangnirtung
    Canada

    Top 3: Pangnirtung, Qikiqtarjuaq, Medicine Hat

  • Bedourie
    Australia

    Top 3: Bedourie, Paraburdoo, Exmouth

  • Buriram
    Thailand

    Top 3: Buriram, Ubon Ratchathani, Mae Hong Son

  • Puerto Peñasco
    Mexico

    Top 3: Puerto Peñasco, Hermosillo, Mexicali

  • Kupang
    Indonesia

    Top 3: Tiwatobi, Kupang, Ba'a - Rote Island

  • Caticlan
    The Philippines

    Top 3: Caticlan, Coron, Cuyo

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In Europe

Worldwide