In January 2025, Germany experienced an overall average of 61 sunshine hours, which was an increase compared to the previous month, despite it being winter. Sunshine hours are also referred to as sunshine duration. As can be seen on this graph, the amount that Germany receives differs by season, even quite starkly just by month. Sunniest states When looking at federal states in Germany in 2024, the sunniest states in summer were Berlin, Brandenburg and Saxony. Confirming popular opinion, Hamburg was indeed the state with less sunshine hours in recent years, though not the least sunny compared to others further down the list. In winter, based on recent figures, Germany counted 392 sunshine hours. These figures may change more in the coming years due to the effects of climate change on the weather all over the country. National weather service The German National Meteorological Service (Deutscher Wetterdienst or DWD) monitors the weather in Germany. The service is a federal authority providing information for the population and conducting scientific research. It is also responsible for issuing official warnings when weather conditions are predicted to be threatening.

This statistic shows the number of summer sunshine hours in Germany in 2023 and 2024, by federal state. In summer 2024, Berlin in the south of Germany had 780 hours of sunshine, making it the sunniest state that year. The state with the least sunshine hours was North Rhine-Westphalia with only 650 sunshine hours in summer 2024.

This statistic shows the amount of sunshine hours in Germany during winter in 2024, by federal state. In 2024, Berlin was the federal state with the highest number of sunshine hours, at *** hours. Berlin was also the sunniest state in Germany in the year before, at *** hours of sunshine.

In May 2025, Berlin recorded an average of *** sunshine hours. This was a decrease compared to May 2024, when the sun was out for around *** hours.

This data shows the number of sunshine hours in Germany in 2023, by federal state. During the period of consideration, Bavaria had around ***** hours of sunshine.

In spring 2024, Brandenburg was the sunniest federal state in Germany, with *** sunshine hours. The least amount of sunshine was in North Rhine-Westphalia, with *** hours. Across Germany, the sun was shining for an average of *** hours in spring 2024, which was around three percent less sunshine hours than 2023.

In 2019, Belgium’s weather institute registered approximately 1,760 hours of sunshine. During the decade covering 2008 to 2019, 2018 turned out to be the sunniest year of them all. On average, 1,600 hours of sunshine per year were measured in Belgium over this period. However, the number of sunshine hours varied each year. For instance, Belgium reached its lowest level of sunshine in 2008 with less than 1,500 hours. On the other hand, the country experienced an average of 200 days of rainfall per year, during this period.

Europe comparison

Although the Netherlands and Germany neighbor Belgium and share the same climate, hours of sunshine were higher in both countries. For instance, in 2018, over two thousand hours of sunshine were measured in the Netherlands and Germany. Although these differences are not outstanding, sunshine measures were continually higher from 2008 to 2018. Belgium was, therefore, not the sunniest destination in Europe. However, the country was not the least sunny either. Fewer hours of sunshine were, for example, reported in the United Kingdom.

Vitamin D

Vitamin D, also referred to as the sun vitamin, is created from our body when exposed to the sun’s UVB radiations. These rays are mostly found during the summer months and, therefore, insufficient exposure to the sun can create a Vitamin D deficiency. This vitamin is linked to various health benefits and its deficiency to diverse health implications. A day-light deficit can favor seasonal depression, characterized by tiredness; especially in Belgium, which reported an irregular number of summer days from 2008 to 2018. In 2014, around 20 percent of the Belgians were consuming Vitamin D supplements.

This is the Web Feature Server of DWD.:The territorial values are used to document climate variability and climate change in Germany and the federal states. They are determined for the period since the beginning of systematic observations. Quote with: DWD Climate Data Center (CDC): Annual area mean of sunshine duration (annual sum) in hours for Germany, version v19.3, retrieved on

The area mean values ​​are derived from the grids of the annual sum of the grids of the monthly sunshine duration for Germany.

The grids were derived from data from the DWD stations and qualitatively equivalent partner network stations in Germany, taking into account the altitude dependencies. pdf

This statistic shows the number of sun days in the months of June, July and August from 1986 to 2016 in selected cities in Germany. During the period of consideration, 832 days of sunshine were counted in Freiburg, making it the sunniest city in Germany. Sun days are defined as days with less than 50 percent of cloud coverage and a temperature of more than 25 degrees celsius per day.

Quality controlled and gap-filled continuous solar irradiance measurements from the urban rooftop weather station at Freiburg-Chemiehochhaus (FRCHEM, 7.8486ºE, 48.0011ºN, 323.5 m) operated 2 m above roof level. Solar irradiance is measured using a ventilated pyranometer CM21 (Kipp & Zonen, Delft, Netherlands). The pyranometer was factory calibrated at Kipp & Zonen on 2018-01-10.

• Quality controlled above-canopy solar irradiance data are available and aggregated at 10min, 30min, hourly, daily, monthly and yearly resolution for the year 2020. Values are averages during the periods shown.
• Solar irradiance in this dataset is equal "global irradiance" or "global hemispherical irrandiance" and does not distinguish between direct and diffuse irradiance.
• Modeled extraterrestrial irradiance (based on the NOAA General Solar Position Calculations of the NOAA Global Monitoring Division and considering the Earth's elliptical orbit) is provided for comparison, along with the ratio of solar irradiance to extraterrestrial irradiance at 10min, 30min, hourly, daily, monthly and yearly resolution. Extraterrestrial irradiance is average of period show.
• Data in the mid-morning on clear-sky days in summer can be impacted for a few minutes by a guy-wire of the mast, slightly reducing readings. Data from affected periods are not removed.
• Number of hours with solar irradiance >5 W/m2 (daylight hours) and > 120 W/m2 (sometimes used as threshold for "sun hours") provided on daily, monthly, and annual scale.
• Number of days with solar irradiance >5 W/m2 (quality check) and > 120 W/m2 ("sun hours") provided on monthly, and annual scale.
• Detailed information on gap-filled data is provided.
• Note: All times are provided in UTC, not local time.

For more details read `FRCHEM_2020_SolarIrradiance_MetaData.txt`.

This historical data is quality checked readings and observations. They come from DWD stations and partner network stations that are legally and qualitatively equivalent. Extensive station metadata (station relocations, instrument changes, change of reference time, changes in the algorithms) are included. Further information: https://opendata.dwd.de/climate_environment/CDC/observations_germany/climate/hourly/sun/historical/BESCHREIBUNG_obsgermany_climate_hourly_sun_historical_de.pdf

The data under "recent" are current data that have not yet fully passed the quality control. They come from DWD stations and partner network stations that are legally and qualitatively equivalent. Extensive station metadata (station relocations, instrument changes, change of reference time, changes in the algorithms) are included. Further information: https://opendata.dwd.de/climate_environment/CDC/observations_germany/climate/hourly/sun/recent/BESCHREIBUNG_obsgermany_climate_hourly_sun_recent_de.pdf

This document describes publicly available urban climate data from the DWD Climate Data Center (CDC). The measurements are taken in the center of large cities in order to be able to compare the city and the surrounding area and to document the influence of different urban structures on the meteorological parameters. Due to their urban location, the stations of the special urban climate measurement network cannot meet the usual World Meteorological Organization (WMO) standards, but follow the recommendations of the WMO Instruments and observing methods report no. 81 “Initial guidance to obtain representative meteorological observations at urban sites” (Oke, 2006). The data in the recent/ directory is preliminary data (not yet fully quality checked). Further information: https://opendata.dwd.de/climate_environment/CDC/observations_germany/climate_urban/hourly/sun/recent/BESCHREIBUNG_obsgermany_climate_urban_hourly_sun_recent_de.pdf

The grids were derived from data from the DWD stations and qualitatively equivalent partner network stations in Germany.
Further information: https://opendata.dwd.de/climate_environment/CDC/grids_germany/seasonal/sunshine_duration/BESCHREIBUNG_gridsgermany_seasonal_sunshine_duration_de.pdf

This data shows the number of sunshine hours in Germany in autumn 2023, by federal state. During the period of consideration, Berlin had *** hours of sunshine.

Spain is a major European holiday destination. Besides its cultural and architectural appeal, the Mediterranean country draws in millions of tourists in search of the warm Spanish sun. This sunshine stays mainly in southern, coastal and insular areas of Spain, with Huelva topping the list of sunniest Spanish cities at over 3.2 thousand sunshine hours in 2018. Major coastal holiday destinations, such as Malaga, Almeria or Alicante also made the list, all of them with over three thousand hours of sunshine in 2018. In contrast, Bilbao ranked as the Spanish area with the lowest number of sunshine hours in 2017.

August: the driest and hottest month in Spain Most of that sunshine is concentrated in August, which also ranked as the hottest month in Spain in 2018. The Spanish mean temperature for the said month averaged out at 25.6 degrees, while the coldest month that year was February, with an average of 6.9 degrees Celsius. In 2017, the rainiest month was November, when over 111 millimeters of precipitation were registered on average in Spain. The driest month was again August, which recorded only an average of 18.2 millimeters of precipitation that year.

Tourism constitutes an essential industry for the Spanish economic system Travel and tourism have become one of the leading engines of growth for the Spanish economy, featuring an ongoing increase in the GDP contribution over the last years and projected to reach approximately 178 billion euros in 2018. Spain ranked second on the World Tourism Organization’s list of most visited countries in the world, with its number of international visitors amounting to nearly 82 million in 2017. The Mediterranean country is also one of Europe’s favorite holiday destinations in 2018 – the United Kingdom, Germany and France appeared in the leading positions of the largest number of international visitors to Spain by country of residence, as confirms the latest studies.

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This historical data is quality checked readings and observations. They come from DWD stations and partner network stations that are legally and qualitatively equivalent. Extensive station metadata (station relocations, instrument changes, change of reference time, changes in the algorithms) are included. Further information: https://opendata.dwd.de/climate_environment/CDC/observations_germany/climate/monthly/kl/historical/BESCHREIBUNG_obsgermany_climate_monthly_kl_historical_de.pdf