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Sorry, but I lived for quite a long period in places barely scraping the 1600 mark - range was about 1470 to 1740 - and was glad to leave them. Sunshine is the most important climate element for me, within a wide temperature range.
My preferences would probably be around the 3000 hr mark. Anything in the upper 2000s to low 3000s would be great.
I love blue dome days but I also like a bit of cloud for variety (especially if the cloud is on the horizon). I really love the whispy high cloud we get here often. But if it's below 16 C / 60 F it had better be as sunny as possible!
If you want over 3000 hours of sunshine, I think your chances of finding a place that is neither too hot nor too humid for you in summer are pretty limited.
A lot of the California coast is 3000+ hours of sunshine. The non-fogged over parts of San Francisco, and southward, including LA and San Diego. San Francisco summer weather is about as cold as you can get in the US.
A lot of the California coast is 3000+ hours of sunshine. The non-fogged over parts of San Francisco, and southward, including LA and San Diego. San Francisco summer weather is about as cold as you can get in the US.
I know - and that just about covers it, except (probably) for parts of north-central Chile just away from the coast.
I have never lived in a sunny climate so I can't really know. Paris feels too cloudy though and about 500 hours more sounds good so let's say between 2000 and 2500 hours.
I grew up somewhere which got 1200-1300 sun hours and it never bothered me until I lived elsewhere with noticeably sunnier summers. I'd be reluctant to go back now knowing that a mostly overcast summer day is the norm, not the exception. Now I live somewhere with 1500 or so hours, perhaps a little too low but not that bad. Ideal for me would be 1800-2000 hours, though I've never lived anywhere sunnier so don't know what more is like. The longest sunny spell I've ever seen was three weeks of unbroken sunshine when I was in Spain, and it did get a bit boring after a while.
500 hours maximum and no more. I am not a photosynthetic plant.
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