Days of Sunshine Per Year in Florida
Number of Sunny Days
In the table below, the average number of Sunny Days for a city in Florida is the total days in a year when the sky is mostly clear. This includes the days when cloud covers up to 30% of the sky during daylight hours.
Partly Sunny Days have cloud covering from 40% to 70% of the sky during the daytime.
Total Days With Sun is a sum of the Sunny plus Partly Sunny days. The rest of the days are mainly overcast, with at least 80% cloud cover. All the numbers are annual averages, made from years of weather watching.
| City | Sunny Days |
Partly Sunny Days |
Total Days With Sun |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apalachicola | 128 | 113 | 241 |
| Daytona Beach | 97 | 132 | 229 |
| Fort Myers | 98 | 168 | 266 |
| Jacksonville | 94 | 127 | 221 |
| Key West | 104 | 155 | 259 |
| Miami | 74 | 175 | 249 |
| Orlando | 89 | 147 | 236 |
| Pensacola | 105 | 123 | 228 |
| Tallahassee | 102 | 129 | 231 |
| Tampa | 101 | 143 | 244 |
| West Palm Beach | 75 | 159 | 234 |
Amount of Sun
Here's another way to look at how much sunshine a city gets. The % Sun number measures the percentage of time between sunrise and sunset that sunshine reaches the ground. Again, these amounts are yearly averages based on many years of weather observations.
| City | % Sun |
|---|---|
| Apalachicola | 67 |
| Jacksonville | 63 |
| Key West | 76 |
| Miami | 70 |
| Pensacola | 60 |
| West Palm Beach | 66 |
Reference
National Climatic Data Center. Comparative Climatic Data.