sunniest places in the world

Sunniest Places in the World

11. PHOENIX ARIZONA
The sixth largest city in the United States Phoenix has more sunny days than any other metropolitan city with 92.2 percent and 4000 hours of sun each year.
12. KHARGA OASIS EGYPT
Located west of Nile this part of central Egypt has an average of 10.4 hours of sunny weather every day and only three one hundredths of an inch (one millimeter) of rainfall per year.
13. SWAKOPMUND NAMIBIA
Surrounded by the Namib Desert this city has rainfall of less than an inch (2.54 centimeters) a year and tons of sunshine.
14. RHODES ISLAND GREECE
The largest of the Dodecanese Islands Rhodes Island is one of Europe?s sunniest Islands with about 300 days and 3000 hours of sunshine per year.
15. AGADEZ NIGER
Niger is known as The Frying Pan of the World so it is not surprising that Agadez receives 3483 hours of sunlight per year and nine and a half hours of sunlight per day. Agadez is sometimes so hot that raindrops evaporate before they hit the ground.
16. REDDING CALIFORNIA
Known as the second sunniest city in the United States Redding has an average of more than 15 hours of daylight in June. The sun shines 88 percent of the time in a year.
17. LISBON PORTUGAL
One of the sunniest places in Europe Lisbon has 3023 hours of sunshine per year. On average there are nine to 12 hours of sun per day during the summer.
18. TUCSON ARIZONA
Tucson has more than 3800 hours of sun each year.
19. CYPRUS
This island country has the largest number of sunny days in the Mediterranean. It receives up to 13 hours of sun a day during the summer.
20. MADAGASCAR
The worlds fourth largest island Madagascar is located in the Indian Ocean and has more than 3500 hours of sun every year.