Porto Novo Sunshine Hours by Month

Sunshine plays a big role in understanding the climate of a city. This page shows the total number of hours of direct sunlight per month and the average hours per day in Porto Novo, Santo Antao, Cape Verde. Long-term data from 1990 to 2020 was used to calculate these averages.

Monthly hours of sunshine

Porto Novo experiences sunny spells throughout the year. The sunniest month, May, sees up to 307 hours of sunshine, while December, the least sunny month, still provides a respectable 205 hours. The total annual sunshine amounts to 3111 hours.

Daily hours of sunshine

Enjoy up to 10.2 hours of daily sun in May, and experience slightly darker atmosphere in December, with about 6.8 hours of daily sunlight.

Porto Novo enjoys an average of 3111 hours of sunshine annually. Let’s compare this with some popular tourist destinations:

Athens, Greece, enjoys 2769 hours of sunshine each year, making it one of the sunniest destinations in the Mediterranean region.

Manchester, UK, experiences just around 1420 hours of sunshine annually.

In Shanghai, China, the annual average sunshine is 1780 hours, with cloudier weather in summer.

Adelaide, Australia, enjoys 2770 hours of sunshine annually, with long, sunny summers.

September, Porto Novo’s wettest month, receives 46 mm (1.8 in) of rainfall and has a maximum daytime temperature of 26°C (79°F). During the driest month May you can expect a temperature of 23°C (73°F).

For more detailed insights into the city’s temperatures, check out our Temperature page. To explore more about precipitation patterns, visit our Porto Novo Precipitation page.