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UK sunshine

Hours of bright sunshine averaged across the UK each month, recorded since 1910.

UK

Aug 2026

184.8h

UK sunshine, UK, Jan 1910 to Aug 2026
PeriodUK sunshine (hours)
1 Sept 2021118.8h
1 Oct 202180.2h
1 Nov 202158.6h
1 Dec 202126.9h
1 Jan 202263.1h
1 Feb 202274.1h
1 Mar 2022165.5h
1 Apr 2022167.4h
1 May 2022154.2h
1 Jun 2022196.8h
1 Jul 2022178.4h
1 Aug 2022208.5h
1 Sept 2022118.8h
1 Oct 2022104.9h
1 Nov 202255.4h
1 Dec 202248.3h
1 Jan 202362.3h
1 Feb 202370.4h
1 Mar 202382.4h
1 Apr 2023157.4h
1 May 2023205.9h
1 Jun 2023242.9h
1 Jul 2023141.5h
1 Aug 2023151.1h
1 Sept 2023139.9h
1 Oct 202384.3h
1 Nov 202364.7h
1 Dec 202327.2h
1 Jan 202459.7h
1 Feb 202457.2h
1 Mar 202496.9h
1 Apr 2024124.9h
1 May 2024160.1h
1 Jun 2024178.4h
1 Jul 2024155.0h
1 Aug 2024161.6h
1 Sept 2024122.8h
1 Oct 202489.3h
1 Nov 202451.1h
1 Dec 202424.1h
1 Jan 202561.5h
1 Feb 202567.2h
1 Mar 2025157.1h
1 Apr 2025227.7h
1 May 2025266.2h
1 Jun 2025192.9h
1 Jul 2025182.3h
1 Aug 2025179.8h
1 Sept 2025140.0h
1 Oct 202563.0h
1 Nov 202560.6h
1 Dec 202546.5h
1 Jan 202647.7h
1 Feb 202641.6h
1 Mar 2026132.3h
1 Apr 2026215.2h
1 May 2026200.9h
1 Jun 2026178.4h
1 Jul 2026258.7h
1 Aug 2026184.8h
Total hours of bright sunshine averaged across the UK. Recorded from 1910.

How this is measured

Published by
Met Office
Series
Sunshine/UK
Covers
UK
Published
Monthly
History
Jan 1910 to Aug 2026
Last published
1 Sep 2026

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Met Office data. Source: Met Office, Hollis, D., McCarthy, M., Kendon, M., Legg, T., Simpson, I. (2018): HadUK-Grid gridded and regional average climate observations for the UK, Centre for Environmental Data Analysis. TrackBritain is not affiliated with the Met Office.

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