Average Sunshine a Year in India

The tables below list yearly averages for the number of hours of sunshine at cities throughout India.

You can jump to a separate table for each section of the country: Northern India, Eastern India, Southern India and Western India.

The annual totals are averages of historical weather data collected during 1961 to 1990.

Northern India

Total annual sunshine
Place State Hours
Allahabad Uttar Pradesh 2774
Amritsar Punjab 2762
Indore Madhya Pradesh 2884
New Delhi Delhi 2685

Eastern India

Average amount of sunshine yearly
Place State Hours
Bhubaneshwar Orissa (Odisha) 2429
Guwahati Assam 2277
Kolkata (Calcutta) West Bengal 2108

Southern India

Annual average sun
Place State Hours
Bangalore Karnataka 2361
Chennai Tamil Nadu 2762
Hyderabad Telangana 2730
Minicoy Lakshadweep 2665
Port Blair Andaman & Nicobar 2196
Thiruvanan­thapuram Kerala 2344

Western India

Number of sunny hours a year on average
Place State Hours
Ahmedabad Gujarat 3020
Mumbai Maharashtra 2584
Nagpur Maharashtra 2807
Panaji Goa 2828
Pune Maharashtra 2900
References

India Meteorological Department and World Meteorological Organization. World Weather Information Service.

World Data Center for Meteorology. Climate of the World.

India Sunshine
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