March Cloud Cover by Country

This page compares the average March 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	52.3
Albania	62.3
Algeria	21.9
Andorra	58.0
Angola	59.5
Antigua and Barbuda	35.6
Argentina	34.8
Armenia	61.5
Australia	31.8
Austria	69.0
Azerbaijan	75.1
Bahamas	40.9
Bahrain	37.6
Bangladesh	41.6
Barbados	41.3
Belarus	74.4
Belgium	72.9
Belize	42.1
Benin	43.4
Bhutan	40.2
Bolivia	53.9
Bosnia and Herzegovina	67.1
Botswana	31.1
Brazil	64.9
Brunei	48.9
Bulgaria	66.8
Burkina Faso	41.4
Burundi	64.4
Cambodia	36.6
Cameroon	51.6
Canada	61.4
Cape Verde	63.6
Central African Republic	44.3
Chad	20.7
Chile	39.8
China	48.5
Colombia	69.7
Comoros	53.8
Costa Rica	42.1
Croatia	64.7
Cuba	38.3
Cyprus	48.4
Czech Republic	73.4
Democratic Republic of the Congo	63.3
Denmark	76.9
Djibouti	30.3
Dominica	39.5
Dominican Republic	36.4
East Timor	49.7
Ecuador	79.9
Egypt	19.6
El Salvador	26.2
Equatorial Guinea	70.4
Eritrea	26.6
Estonia	73.8
Eswatini	42.5
Ethiopia	26.3
Federated States of Micronesia	71.7
Fiji	64.9
Finland	79.1
France	64.8
Gabon	68.5
Gambia	22.8
Georgia	66.2
Germany	73.8
Ghana	48.4
Greece	49.5
Greenland	77.7
Grenada	33.8
Guatemala	37.3
Guinea	39.9
Guinea-Bissau	28.9
Guyana	50.2
Haiti	39.3
Honduras	34.7
Hungary	66.5
Iceland	83.6
India	31.5
Indonesia	59.3
Iran	49.4
Iraq	38.1
Ireland	82.2
Israel	42.2
Italy	58.0
Ivory Coast	50.9
Jamaica	40.0
Japan	64.9
Jordan	33.7
Kazakhstan	53.7
Kenya	29.4
Kiribati	73.1
Kosovo	69.1
Kuwait	39.9
Kyrgyzstan	59.3
Laos	53.3
Latvia	73.8
Lebanon	51.2
Lesotho	40.3
Liberia	54.3
Libya	23.7
Liechtenstein	66.5
Lithuania	75.2
Luxembourg	72.9
Madagascar	48.4
Malawi	51.9
Malaysia	54.6
Maldives	48.7
Mali	30.1
Malta	52.4
Marshall Islands	64.8
Mauritania	22.0
Mauritius	62.7
Mexico	38.4
Moldova	72.2
Monaco	54.6
Mongolia	24.5
Montenegro	65.1
Morocco	30.6
Mozambique	43.8
Myanmar	32.1
Namibia	33.8
Nauru	75.6
Nepal	39.6
Netherlands	74.1
New Zealand	64.4
Nicaragua	35.6
Niger	28.2
Nigeria	47.0
North Korea	38.7
North Macedonia	61.5
Norway	81.3
Oman	25.2
Pakistan	36.9
Palau	55.3
Panama	53.9
Papua New Guinea	67.7
Paraguay	39.3
Peru	66.7
Philippines	45.8
Poland	75.2
Portugal	49.1
Qatar	35.7
Republic of the Congo	62.3
Romania	69.6
Russia	55.6
Rwanda	69.0
Saint Kitts and Nevis	31.2
Saint Lucia	49.0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	32.7
Samoa	72.0
San Marino	65.1
Saudi Arabia	27.9
Senegal	24.0
Serbia	67.5
Seychelles	49.2
Sierra Leone	46.6
Singapore	55.1
Slovakia	70.0
Slovenia	64.2
Solomon Islands	62.3
Somalia	25.3
South Africa	30.0
South Korea	43.0
South Sudan	37.3
Spain	50.3
Sri Lanka	29.2
Sudan	17.9
Suriname	60.1
Sweden	80.6
Switzerland	67.9
Syria	45.2
São Tomé and Príncipe	79.7
Taiwan	n/a
Tajikistan	62.7
Tanzania	48.0
Thailand	31.7
Togo	50.0
Tonga	71.8
Trinidad and Tobago	39.8
Tunisia	35.2
Turkey	52.3
Turkmenistan	55.7
Tuvalu	77.0
Uganda	50.8
Ukraine	73.0
United Arab Emirates	32.2
United Kingdom	78.8
United States	45.1
Uruguay	34.2
Uzbekistan	53.4
Vanuatu	59.6
Vatican City	n/a
Venezuela	47.1
Vietnam	64.0
Yemen	29.3
Zambia	52.3
Zimbabwe	38.9

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