August Cloud Cover by Country

This page compares the average August 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	20.2
Albania	25.4
Algeria	19.5
Andorra	43.7
Angola	35.7
Antigua and Barbuda	37.8
Argentina	39.3
Armenia	28.3
Australia	19.8
Austria	55.3
Azerbaijan	42.4
Bahamas	44.6
Bahrain	17.4
Bangladesh	81.9
Barbados	46.0
Belarus	56.4
Belgium	61.4
Belize	46.9
Benin	70.8
Bhutan	72.9
Bolivia	31.1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	37.8
Botswana	7.9
Brazil	42.5
Brunei	48.8
Bulgaria	28.7
Burkina Faso	55.5
Burundi	40.1
Cambodia	67.5
Cameroon	76.9
Canada	62.2
Cape Verde	69.5
Central African Republic	66.2
Chad	36.8
Chile	48.0
China	48.9
Colombia	70.1
Comoros	26.0
Costa Rica	60.3
Croatia	35.7
Cuba	47.4
Cyprus	10.9
Czech Republic	59.9
Democratic Republic of the Congo	56.7
Denmark	60.8
Djibouti	36.2
Dominica	40.6
Dominican Republic	41.4
East Timor	24.7
Ecuador	79.2
Egypt	7.3
El Salvador	48.5
Equatorial Guinea	86.3
Eritrea	50.5
Estonia	66.2
Eswatini	23.1
Ethiopia	50.2
Federated States of Micronesia	66.5
Fiji	56.9
Finland	74.7
France	46.5
Gabon	84.6
Gambia	55.1
Georgia	41.2
Germany	58.9
Ghana	75.0
Greece	8.5
Greenland	79.1
Grenada	41.3
Guatemala	50.6
Guinea	72.8
Guinea-Bissau	72.6
Guyana	37.1
Haiti	43.8
Honduras	50.2
Hungary	45.1
Iceland	78.4
India	71.5
Indonesia	48.0
Iran	22.7
Iraq	3.9
Ireland	78.0
Israel	11.2
Italy	31.7
Ivory Coast	77.7
Jamaica	48.2
Japan	63.2
Jordan	2.3
Kazakhstan	26.7
Kenya	43.8
Kiribati	61.6
Kosovo	34.4
Kuwait	18.4
Kyrgyzstan	28.3
Laos	74.5
Latvia	63.1
Lebanon	13.0
Lesotho	12.7
Liberia	81.8
Libya	9.3
Liechtenstein	57.6
Lithuania	61.4
Luxembourg	60.7
Madagascar	29.2
Malawi	21.0
Malaysia	53.7
Maldives	74.3
Mali	44.1
Malta	28.0
Marshall Islands	60.2
Mauritania	33.6
Mauritius	56.1
Mexico	49.1
Moldova	34.0
Monaco	35.2
Mongolia	38.9
Montenegro	34.0
Morocco	30.7
Mozambique	26.6
Myanmar	76.0
Namibia	13.6
Nauru	63.8
Nepal	79.6
Netherlands	65.0
New Zealand	70.2
Nicaragua	56.2
Niger	32.2
Nigeria	66.9
North Korea	61.2
North Macedonia	25.8
Norway	75.3
Oman	54.7
Pakistan	38.1
Palau	67.7
Panama	63.8
Papua New Guinea	59.8
Paraguay	38.2
Peru	46.8
Philippines	63.0
Poland	60.2
Portugal	21.0
Qatar	18.7
Republic of the Congo	74.9
Romania	40.1
Russia	64.4
Rwanda	63.2
Saint Kitts and Nevis	34.9
Saint Lucia	54.6
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	38.0
Samoa	62.5
San Marino	30.8
Saudi Arabia	22.0
Senegal	52.2
Serbia	36.1
Seychelles	54.1
Sierra Leone	82.5
Singapore	51.7
Slovakia	56.7
Slovenia	45.9
Solomon Islands	57.8
Somalia	47.0
South Africa	15.9
South Korea	51.8
South Sudan	54.8
Spain	25.0
Sri Lanka	50.9
Sudan	36.1
Suriname	32.6
Sweden	71.4
Switzerland	58.4
Syria	5.8
São Tomé and Príncipe	87.8
Taiwan	n/a
Tajikistan	28.2
Tanzania	32.2
Thailand	67.9
Togo	78.2
Tonga	62.6
Trinidad and Tobago	47.2
Tunisia	14.6
Turkey	12.8
Turkmenistan	14.5
Tuvalu	59.9
Uganda	50.9
Ukraine	42.7
United Arab Emirates	27.5
United Kingdom	74.3
United States	40.0
Uruguay	54.8
Uzbekistan	10.9
Vanuatu	49.9
Vatican City	n/a
Venezuela	55.3
Vietnam	66.9
Yemen	59.6
Zambia	13.5
Zimbabwe	14.2

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