Sunshine duration in Europe (places, Scottish, Greece, live)

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Sunshine duration is different than solar irradiance=insolation



is a climatological indicator, measuring duration of sunshine in given period (usually, a day or a year) for a given location on Earth, typically expressed as an average of several years. It is a general indicator of cloudiness of a location, and thus differs from insolation, which measures the total energy delivered by sunlight over a given period.

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Btw the places with the highest sunshine duration are around the tropics
While those with less are at the poles and at the equator(!!)
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In Europe

Most sunshine duration: almost all of Portugal; from Castille Leon to down; baleares; Provence-camargue; corse; sardinia; maremma-and southern Tuscan coast with Tuscan archipelago too; Calabria; Sicily; Malta; Croatian coast; coast around durres in albania; southern half of greece; Cyprus

Less sunshine duration: Iceland; higlands; north western Ireland; Scottish Borders on the west; a portion of norway; karelia

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Btw Milan May get the same sunshine duration of Helsinki it seems

[AFP]

Lisbon, Portugal is the sunniest capital in Europe with an average of 2799 hours of yearly sunshine over a 30 year period.

Total Annual Sunshine in European Cities - Current Results