December Cloud Cover by Country

This page compares the average December 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	47.9
Albania	66.7
Algeria	22.0
Andorra	61.5
Angola	63.5
Antigua and Barbuda	31.2
Argentina	36.3
Armenia	66.7
Australia	29.7
Austria	77.0
Azerbaijan	71.0
Bahamas	50.3
Bahrain	30.6
Bangladesh	30.1
Barbados	37.7
Belarus	94.7
Belgium	85.6
Belize	53.4
Benin	33.8
Bhutan	30.1
Bolivia	58.4
Bosnia and Herzegovina	75.5
Botswana	38.5
Brazil	66.6
Brunei	54.1
Bulgaria	72.6
Burkina Faso	24.6
Burundi	67.1
Cambodia	36.8
Cameroon	40.8
Canada	85.7
Cape Verde	66.3
Central African Republic	33.6
Chad	9.3
Chile	38.1
China	44.6
Colombia	59.2
Comoros	51.4
Costa Rica	54.0
Croatia	73.2
Cuba	44.4
Cyprus	45.8
Czech Republic	82.9
Democratic Republic of the Congo	66.0
Denmark	86.6
Djibouti	22.2
Dominica	40.5
Dominican Republic	46.1
East Timor	50.7
Ecuador	79.0
Egypt	19.4
El Salvador	29.6
Equatorial Guinea	72.0
Eritrea	21.9
Estonia	93.3
Eswatini	51.8
Ethiopia	16.2
Federated States of Micronesia	75.2
Fiji	62.7
Finland	98.2
France	76.4
Gabon	75.0
Gambia	32.3
Georgia	70.9
Germany	85.6
Ghana	40.7
Greece	55.2
Greenland	99.1
Grenada	35.8
Guatemala	44.6
Guinea	34.8
Guinea-Bissau	34.3
Guyana	49.0
Haiti	43.5
Honduras	49.0
Hungary	80.9
Iceland	97.3
India	27.8
Indonesia	64.7
Iran	43.7
Iraq	40.7
Ireland	86.6
Israel	44.0
Italy	64.8
Ivory Coast	48.4
Jamaica	44.3
Japan	66.7
Jordan	36.5
Kazakhstan	73.6
Kenya	28.5
Kiribati	73.3
Kosovo	73.8
Kuwait	37.3
Kyrgyzstan	62.9
Laos	48.8
Latvia	94.0
Lebanon	54.4
Lesotho	40.3
Liberia	56.8
Libya	22.2
Liechtenstein	76.5
Lithuania	94.0
Luxembourg	86.7
Madagascar	45.5
Malawi	57.7
Malaysia	68.2
Maldives	56.3
Mali	24.4
Malta	52.5
Marshall Islands	65.9
Mauritania	31.2
Mauritius	54.3
Mexico	46.4
Moldova	82.3
Monaco	52.1
Mongolia	33.1
Montenegro	69.8
Morocco	30.1
Mozambique	48.9
Myanmar	27.4
Namibia	29.1
Nauru	75.6
Nepal	40.5
Netherlands	85.7
New Zealand	66.9
Nicaragua	48.5
Niger	21.3
Nigeria	34.7
North Korea	47.5
North Macedonia	69.6
Norway	94.8
Oman	14.0
Pakistan	28.8
Palau	65.3
Panama	60.2
Papua New Guinea	66.6
Paraguay	41.8
Peru	63.1
Philippines	58.1
Poland	87.4
Portugal	60.0
Qatar	27.8
Republic of the Congo	71.3
Romania	79.3
Russia	88.7
Rwanda	71.1
Saint Kitts and Nevis	25.2
Saint Lucia	48.8
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	31.7
Samoa	71.6
San Marino	75.4
Saudi Arabia	26.7
Senegal	34.9
Serbia	76.1
Seychelles	64.7
Sierra Leone	50.8
Singapore	75.0
Slovakia	81.5
Slovenia	74.4
Solomon Islands	63.5
Somalia	20.9
South Africa	28.8
South Korea	46.1
South Sudan	18.9
Spain	60.7
Sri Lanka	52.1
Sudan	11.1
Suriname	54.5
Sweden	94.2
Switzerland	76.5
Syria	51.2
São Tomé and Príncipe	83.0
Taiwan	n/a
Tajikistan	63.3
Tanzania	48.3
Thailand	30.1
Togo	39.7
Tonga	71.0
Trinidad and Tobago	43.2
Tunisia	38.5
Turkey	58.2
Turkmenistan	65.6
Tuvalu	75.5
Uganda	37.9
Ukraine	87.7
United Arab Emirates	22.8
United Kingdom	87.2
United States	60.3
Uruguay	37.7
Uzbekistan	68.1
Vanuatu	54.4
Vatican City	n/a
Venezuela	44.5
Vietnam	65.4
Yemen	22.0
Zambia	63.8
Zimbabwe	52.8

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