Sunshine & Daylight Hours in Luqa, Malta
- Sunlight hours in Luqa range from 5h 19' for every day inDecember to 12h 23' for every day inJuly.
- The longest day of the year is 14h 26' long and the shortest day is 9h 33' long.
- The longest day is 4h 52' longer than the shortest day.
- There is an average of 3121 hours of sunlight per year (of a possible 4383) with an average of 8:32 of sunlight per day.
- It is sunny 71.2% of daylight hours. The remaining 28.8% of daylight hours are likely cloudy or with shade, haze or low sun intensity.
- At midday the sun is on average 54.5° above the horizon at Luqa.
- The summer solstice is on June 21st (the northern solstice) when the sun reaches it's highest point 77.58° above the horizon.
- The winter solstice is on December 21st (the southern solstice) when the midday sun is at it's lowest point of 30.74° above the horizon.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 5h 42' | 6h 39' | 7h 34' | 8h 40' | 10h 00' | 11h 40' | 12h 23' | 11h 40' | 9h 22' | 7h 07' | 6h 16' | 5h 19' | 8h 32' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours & Minutes/ Day | 10h 01' | 10h 49' | 11h 54' | 13h 04' | 14h 03' | 14h 32' | 14h 19' | 13h 29' | 12h 22' | 11h 12' | 10h 14' | 9h 46' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 58 (42) | 62 (38) | 64 (36) | 67 (33) | 72 (28) | 81 (19) | 87 (13) | 88 (12) | 77 (23) | 65 (35) | 62 (38) | 55 (45) | 71 (29) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 34.2 | 43.6 | 54.4 | 66.1 | 74.4 | 77.6 | 74.5 | 66.2 | 54.8 | 43.3 | 34.1 | 30.7 | 54.5 |