Countries by Cloud Cover

This page compares the average cloud cover in all 196 sovereign countries of the world and Greenland between 1991–2020. It is based on data from the Climate Research Unit of the University of East Anglia. Click here for notes.

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Country	Cloud Cover (%)
Afghanistan	35.0
Albania	53.4
Algeria	21.0
Andorra	56.9
Angola	45.7
Antigua and Barbuda	37.6
Argentina	40.7
Armenia	50.9
Australia	28.1
Austria	67.3
Azerbaijan	60.1
Bahamas	45.7
Bahrain	24.4
Bangladesh	54.6
Barbados	44.8
Belarus	69.2
Belgium	72.6
Belize	50.4
Benin	46.3
Bhutan	48.4
Bolivia	46.8
Bosnia and Herzegovina	60.7
Botswana	23.9
Brazil	56.2
Brunei	50.2
Bulgaria	56.9
Burkina Faso	37.3
Burundi	56.1
Cambodia	49.6
Cameroon	56.0
Canada	69.2
Cape Verde	64.5
Central African Republic	47.1
Chad	20.6
Chile	44.9
China	47.9
Colombia	68.6
Comoros	38.8
Costa Rica	55.7
Croatia	57.7
Cuba	45.0
Cyprus	32.7
Czech Republic	70.5
Democratic Republic of the Congo	56.1
Denmark	72.2
Djibouti	28.5
Dominica	42.2
Dominican Republic	43.2
East Timor	36.8
Ecuador	79.4
Egypt	14.5
El Salvador	39.6
Equatorial Guinea	75.2
Eritrea	31.4
Estonia	71.0
Eswatini	37.0
Ethiopia	33.3
Federated States of Micronesia	70.2
Fiji	59.6
Finland	79.6
France	62.9
Gabon	75.5
Gambia	33.7
Georgia	57.7
Germany	71.5
Ghana	51.5
Greece	38.9
Greenland	83.7
Grenada	39.2
Guatemala	47.9
Guinea	47.1
Guinea-Bissau	43.0
Guyana	45.0
Haiti	45.3
Honduras	46.7
Hungary	61.9
Iceland	84.4
India	43.1
Indonesia	55.3
Iran	34.6
Iraq	24.4
Ireland	80.1
Israel	28.7
Italy	52.4
Ivory Coast	55.1
Jamaica	45.9
Japan	67.0
Jordan	21.1
Kazakhstan	46.7
Kenya	35.1
Kiribati	68.5
Kosovo	62.0
Kuwait	30.1
Kyrgyzstan	46.9
Laos	57.6
Latvia	69.8
Lebanon	35.6
Lesotho	30.4
Liberia	62.8
Libya	17.7
Liechtenstein	67.7
Lithuania	70.0
Luxembourg	72.0
Madagascar	37.7
Malawi	38.6
Malaysia	57.0
Maldives	61.9
Mali	31.6
Malta	46.8
Marshall Islands	62.9
Mauritania	27.5
Mauritius	56.8
Mexico	44.2
Moldova	60.5
Monaco	49.9
Mongolia	33.9
Montenegro	58.6
Morocco	31.0
Mozambique	36.8
Myanmar	48.6
Namibia	24.0
Nauru	71.2
Nepal	53.0
Netherlands	74.4
New Zealand	66.9
Nicaragua	49.9
Niger	25.1
Nigeria	47.5
North Korea	48.6
North Macedonia	55.1
Norway	81.5
Oman	26.1
Pakistan	30.1
Palau	62.7
Panama	61.2
Papua New Guinea	63.4
Paraguay	42.3
Peru	57.6
Philippines	53.6
Poland	71.1
Portugal	44.8
Qatar	23.0
Republic of the Congo	66.8
Romania	62.3
Russia	68.6
Rwanda	64.2
Saint Kitts and Nevis	33.6
Saint Lucia	54.3
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	37.4
Samoa	67.0
San Marino	57.4
Saudi Arabia	22.6
Senegal	33.7
Serbia	60.5
Seychelles	54.0
Sierra Leone	59.3
Singapore	58.5
Slovakia	67.1
Slovenia	61.6
Solomon Islands	61.9
Somalia	31.3
South Africa	25.5
South Korea	48.6
South Sudan	38.2
Spain	46.6
Sri Lanka	49.4
Sudan	21.4
Suriname	48.2
Sweden	78.2
Switzerland	68.5
Syria	31.0
São Tomé and Príncipe	83.5
Taiwan	n/a
Tajikistan	47.2
Tanzania	40.6
Thailand	45.5
Togo	53.8
Tonga	66.5
Trinidad and Tobago	44.8
Tunisia	31.0
Turkey	39.8
Turkmenistan	39.2
Tuvalu	69.8
Uganda	45.7
Ukraine	64.4
United Arab Emirates	22.3
United Kingdom	78.4
United States	46.8
Uruguay	47.2
Uzbekistan	38.5
Vanuatu	54.3
Vatican City	n/a
Venezuela	52.3
Vietnam	64.3
Yemen	33.2
Zambia	37.3
Zimbabwe	31.6

Notes:

Countries do not include their overseas territories. For example, Puerto Rico is not included in the U.S.
France includes only the European part of France, not French Guinea or other overseas regions
There is no data for Taiwan or the Vatican
Data for Israel does not include the Palestinian Territories
Data for Morocco includes Western Sahara