Gloomiest major cities in the world (averages, degree, sun, annual)

[Proterra]

Originally Posted by Joe90

It's good to see Dunedin in the major city category. Once the main city in NZ, now relegated to 4 th place in importance (some upstart NI cities would debate that ).

I can vouch for Dunedin's gloominess, although it is part of it's special character. If it had decent weather, it could be NZ's surf capital. Max temp was 19C/66F yesterday.

The 1981-2010 figure is 1679 hours

Dunedin is not in the major city category, it's just added as a reference as it's the largest Southern Hemisphere city in the cool-temperate maritime climate zone

Originally Posted by cetinje

Guiyang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is a good one, one of the Chinese "missing links" I was looking for with 1150 hours...

Originally Posted by cetinje

Quibdó - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

What a horrible climate... 304 rainy days, 1276 hours of sunshine, and a whopping 8 metres/27 feet of rain annually spread out evenly over the year... Add in a record low of 18C and a record high of 38C, and this place might actually qualify for having the worst climate on Earth. Singapore on steroids... More remniscent of Ferenginar, actually... Not unsurprisingly, the city is too small to qualify as a major city, but it is definitely worth mentioning. I'm sure that if the Ferengi are ever going to conquer Earth, this is where they'll set up base...

Originally Posted by cetinje

Keelung - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

And also part of the Taipei metropolitan area, which is already high on the list... It is slightly east of Taipei though, so there might be gloomier cities on Taiwan's east coast, as Kaohsiung has around 2200 hours and sun seems to decrease from west to east on Taiwan.




Our updated list of now:

*) Torshavn, 884 hours
1) Chongqing, 1055 hours
*) Lerwick, 1066 hours
2) Chengdu, 1073 hours
*) Kirkwall, 1140 hours
3) Guiyang, 1150 hours
*) Derry, 1179 hours
*) Bergen, 1180 hours
*) Keelung, 1217 hours
*) Stornoway, 1218 hours
4) Leeds-Bradford, 1228 hours
5) Glasgow, 1239 hours
*) Tromso, 1265 hours
*) Reykjavik, 1268 hours
*) Quibdo, 1276 hours
*) Murmansk, 1291 hours
6) Belfast, 1313 hours
*) York, 1316 hours
*) Trondheim, 1346 hours
*) Nuuk, 1369 hours
7) Bielsko-Biała, 1377 hours
*) Paderborn, 1387 hours
8) Manchester, 1394 hours
9) Taipei, 1405 hours
*) Aberdeen, 1409 hours
10) Edinburgh, 1411 hours

[RWood]

Originally Posted by Joe90

It's good to see Dunedin in the major city category. Once the main city in NZ, now relegated to 4 th place in importance (some upstart NI cities would debate that ).

I can vouch for Dunedin's gloominess, although it is part of it's special character. If it had decent weather, it could be NZ's surf capital. Max temp was 19C/66F yesterday.

The 1981-2010 figure is 1679 hours

The gloominess doesn't seem so bad away from the summer months, as the annual % possible of 40 comes with a low for December of about 37%, though Feb. is about 42%. Spring and autumn, for whatever seasonal meaning is realistic, are probably the pleasantest.

[cetinje]

Akureyri - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Prince Rupert, British Columbia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Proterra]

Originally Posted by cetinje

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Prince Rupert, British Columbia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Those are hardly "major cities" but I suppose they could be added to the category of unranked regional centres.

Expanded the list to a top-20.

X) Xxxxx, YYYY hours = Major city, metropolitan area > 500.000 inhabitants
*) Xxxxx, Yyyy hours = Regional centre, > 100.000 inhabitants or regional centre, >5000 inhabitants, largest or capital city of remote region, or no larger towns within 300 kilometres. Unranked as these are not major cities.

It would make the list look like this:

*) Torshavn, 884 hours
*) Akureyri, 1043 hours
1) Chongqing, 1055 hours
*) Lerwick, 1066 hours
2) Chengdu, 1073 hours
*) Kirkwall, 1140 hours
3) Guiyang, 1150 hours
*) Derry, 1179 hours
*) Bergen, 1180 hours
*) Keelung, 1217 hours
*) Stornoway, 1218 hours
4) Leeds-Bradford, 1228 hours
*) Prince Rupert, 1229 hours
5) Glasgow, 1239 hours
*) Tromso, 1265 hours
*) Reykjavik, 1268 hours
*) Quibdo, 1276 hours
*) Murmansk, 1291 hours
6) Belfast, 1313 hours
*) York, 1316 hours
*) Trondheim, 1346 hours
*) Nuuk, 1369 hours
7) Dortmund, 1370 hours
8) Newcastle, 1375 hours
9) Bielsko-Biała, 1377 hours
*) Paderborn, 1387 hours
10) Manchester, 1394 hours
11) Birmingham, 1395 hours
12) Taipei, 1405 hours
*) Aberdeen, 1409 hours
13) Edinburgh, 1411 hours
*) Cork, 1423 hours
14) Lima, 1424 hours
15) Liverpool, 1442 hours
16) Essen, 1459 hours
17) Kraków, 1469 hours
*) Coventry, 1473 hours
18) Dublin; 1477 hours
*) Juneau, 1500 hours
19) Hannover, 1501 hours
20) Cologne, 1504 hours
*) Iqaluit, 1506 hours
*) Saint John's, 1512 hours
*) Dunedin; 1585 hours

Also worth mentioning:

-Cardiff; 1518 hours
-Copenhagen; 1539 hours
-Brussels; 1546 hours
-Hamburg; 1560 hours
-Warsaw; 1570 hours
-London; 1600 hours
-Gdańsk; 1610 hours
-Xi'an; 1616 hours
-Berlin; 1625 hours
-Paris; 1630 hours
-Amsterdam; 1662 hours
-Prague; 1668 hours

[B87]

London's 1981-2010 average is 1626.

A few more:

Stanley, Falkland Islands: 1550 hours
Guangzhou: 1628 hours
Wick, Scotland: 1236 hours
Carlisle: 1394 hours
St Petersburg: 1633 hours

[dhdh]

Worth mentioning:

Hanoi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[cetinje]

Ubatuba - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Proterra]

Originally Posted by B87

London's 1981-2010 average is 1626.

A few more:

Stanley, Falkland Islands: 1550 hours
Guangzhou: 1628 hours
Wick, Scotland: 1236 hours
Carlisle: 1394 hours
St Petersburg: 1633 hours

Stanley is too small, and Wick isn't a regional capital, and not remote enough for inclusion. The other three are added

Originally Posted by dhdh

Worth mentioning:

Hanoi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Definitely. Added.

Originally Posted by cetinje

Ubatuba - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Great find. I would not have looked in that region for a contender. Thanks





X) Xxxxx, YYYY hours = Major city, metropolitan area > 500.000 inhabitants
*) Xxxxx, Yyyy hours = Regional centre, > 100.000 inhabitants or regional centre, >5000 inhabitants, largest or capital city of remote region, or no larger towns within 300 kilometres. Unranked as these are not major cities.

*) Torshavn, 884 hours
*) Akureyri, 1043 hours
1) Chongqing, 1055 hours
*) Lerwick, 1066 hours
2) Chengdu, 1073 hours
*) Kirkwall, 1140 hours
3) Guiyang, 1150 hours
*) Ubatuba, 1174 hours
*) Derry, 1179 hours
*) Bergen, 1180 hours
*) Keelung, 1217 hours
*) Stornoway, 1218 hours
4) Leeds-Bradford, 1228 hours
*) Prince Rupert, 1229 hours
5) Glasgow, 1239 hours
*) Inverness, 1261 hours
*) Tromso, 1265 hours
*) Reykjavik, 1268 hours
*) Quibdo, 1276 hours
*) Murmansk, 1291 hours
6) Belfast, 1313 hours
*) York, 1316 hours
*) Trondheim, 1346 hours
*) Nuuk, 1369 hours
7) Dortmund, 1370 hours
8) Newcastle, 1375 hours
9) Bielsko-Biała, 1377 hours
*) Paderborn, 1387 hours
10) Manchester, 1394 hours
*) Carlisle, 1394 hours
11) Birmingham, 1395 hours
12) Taipei, 1405 hours
*) Aberdeen, 1409 hours
13) Edinburgh, 1411 hours
*) Cork, 1423 hours
14) Lima, 1424 hours
15) Liverpool, 1442 hours
16) Essen, 1459 hours
17) Kraków, 1469 hours
*) Coventry, 1473 hours
18) Dublin; 1477 hours
*) Juneau, 1500 hours
19) Hannover, 1501 hours
20) Cologne, 1504 hours
*) Iqaluit, 1506 hours
*) Saint John's, 1512 hours
*) Dundee, 1523 hours
*) Dunedin; 1679 hours

Also worth mentioning (Capitals and cities >2M metro <1700 hours not on top-20):

-Cardiff; 1518 hours
-Copenhagen; 1539 hours
-Katowice; 1545 hours
-Brussels; 1546 hours
-Hamburg; 1557 hours
-Warsaw; 1570 hours
-Vilnius; 1588 hours
-Xi'an; 1616 hours
-Berlin; 1623 hours
-London; 1626 hours
-Guangzhou; 1628 hours
-Paris; 1630 hours
-Saint Petersburg; 1633 hours
-Amsterdam; 1662 hours
-Oslo; 1668 hours
-Prague; 1668 hours
-Hanoi; 1678 hours

[Joe90]

Dunedin had 1679 hours in the period 1981 -2010. 1585 hours would have been the previous period.

Is Dundee Scotland's sunniest city?

[Proterra]

Originally Posted by Joe90

Dunedin is 1679 hours in the period 1981 -2010. 1585 hours would have been the previous period.

Edited.

Originally Posted by Joe90

Is Dundee Scotland's sunniest city?

RAF Leuchars, between Saint Andrews and Dundee is. Of all the major towns and cities in Scotland, Dundee is indeed the sunniest.