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January Cloud Cover by Country
This page compares the average January 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.
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Country
Cloud Cover
(%)
Afghanistan
52.8
Albania
71.6
Algeria
22.8
Andorra
58.8
Angola
64.2
Antigua and Barbuda
31.5
Argentina
34.1
Armenia
72.9
Australia
34.2
Austria
78.9
Azerbaijan
77.2
Bahamas
45.6
Bahrain
33.0
Bangladesh
29.0
Barbados
41.1
Belarus
83.5
Belgium
85.0
Belize
55.0
Benin
32.5
Bhutan
30.8
Bolivia
62.3
Bosnia and Herzegovina
76.4
Botswana
41.2
Brazil
67.1
Brunei
53.8
Bulgaria
77.2
Burkina Faso
27.7
Burundi
67.9
Cambodia
32.9
Cameroon
42.2
Canada
79.6
Cape Verde
64.8
Central African Republic
33.8
Chad
11.4
Chile
39.9
China
46.2
Colombia
57.7
Comoros
58.9
Costa Rica
53.5
Croatia
71.8
Cuba
41.2
Cyprus
60.4
Czech Republic
86.6
Democratic Republic of the Congo
62.3
Denmark
87.7
Djibouti
33.3
Dominica
44.8
Dominican Republic
38.9
East Timor
55.6
Ecuador
81.2
Egypt
19.4
El Salvador
27.3
Equatorial Guinea
70.5
Eritrea
24.7
Estonia
85.0
Eswatini
51.6
Ethiopia
19.5
Federated States of Micronesia
73.1
Fiji
56.2
Finland
96.1
France
76.4
Gabon
71.4
Gambia
35.1
Georgia
71.0
Germany
87.0
Ghana
41.2
Greece
61.8
Greenland
99.0
Grenada
34.0
Guatemala
42.6
Guinea
33.5
Guinea-Bissau
38.8
Guyana
49.0
Haiti
39.7
Honduras
47.0
Hungary
81.4
Iceland
97.2
India
29.3
Indonesia
65.3
Iran
48.1
Iraq
44.8
Ireland
85.7
Israel
51.2
Italy
66.1
Ivory Coast
42.0
Jamaica
36.2
Japan
68.2
Jordan
42.5
Kazakhstan
65.8
Kenya
26.3
Kiribati
70.8
Kosovo
80.2
Kuwait
38.6
Kyrgyzstan
63.7
Laos
47.8
Latvia
84.9
Lebanon
67.1
Lesotho
46.6
Liberia
50.0
Libya
21.9
Liechtenstein
79.6
Lithuania
84.9
Luxembourg
85.9
Madagascar
49.9
Malawi
65.9
Malaysia
61.6
Maldives
48.8
Mali
24.8
Malta
59.4
Marshall Islands
64.3
Mauritania
26.0
Mauritius
56.6
Mexico
45.1
Moldova
81.1
Monaco
52.9
Mongolia
28.7
Montenegro
73.4
Morocco
32.4
Mozambique
50.6
Myanmar
23.4
Namibia
37.9
Nauru
74.4
Nepal
43.6
Netherlands
85.2
New Zealand
62.4
Nicaragua
49.1
Niger
22.3
Nigeria
38.7
North Korea
39.7
North Macedonia
76.4
Norway
94.9
Oman
17.7
Pakistan
30.1
Palau
62.6
Panama
57.3
Papua New Guinea
64.6
Paraguay
45.4
Peru
67.8
Philippines
57.1
Poland
86.4
Portugal
58.7
Qatar
29.1
Republic of the Congo
64.9
Romania
80.6
Russia
83.1
Rwanda
67.9
Saint Kitts and Nevis
25.4
Saint Lucia
49.4
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
32.6
Samoa
70.1
San Marino
72.1
Saudi Arabia
30.8
Senegal
33.9
Serbia
79.9
Seychelles
66.3
Sierra Leone
44.2
Singapore
60.5
Slovakia
82.1
Slovenia
73.2
Solomon Islands
61.5
Somalia
24.5
South Africa
33.6
South Korea
42.3
South Sudan
20.8
Spain
57.6
Sri Lanka
43.1
Sudan
12.3
Suriname
59.1
Sweden
94.4
Switzerland
78.2
Syria
61.6
São Tomé and Príncipe
81.8
Taiwan
n/a
Tajikistan
67.1
Tanzania
50.3
Thailand
26.2
Togo
40.6
Tonga
69.8
Trinidad and Tobago
39.4
Tunisia
44.3
Turkey
64.0
Turkmenistan
68.2
Tuvalu
74.3
Uganda
39.2
Ukraine
82.7
United Arab Emirates
26.8
United Kingdom
86.5
United States
56.1
Uruguay
36.6
Uzbekistan
68.2
Vanuatu
56.0
Vatican City
n/a
Venezuela
41.5
Vietnam
66.1
Yemen
28.6
Zambia
67.5
Zimbabwe
51.0
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