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. Click here for notes.
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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