October Cloud Cover by Country

This page compares the average October 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	25.5
Albania	59.0
Algeria	21.8
Andorra	59.5
Angola	54.0
Antigua and Barbuda	37.4
Argentina	39.3
Armenia	49.1
Australia	22.8
Austria	67.2
Azerbaijan	61.8
Bahamas	47.0
Bahrain	12.7
Bangladesh	51.4
Barbados	45.0
Belarus	74.0
Belgium	74.8
Belize	60.2
Benin	47.1
Bhutan	39.7
Bolivia	47.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina	61.8
Botswana	26.1
Brazil	56.5
Brunei	51.2
Bulgaria	60.1
Burkina Faso	32.2
Burundi	57.5
Cambodia	53.4
Cameroon	59.3
Canada	79.7
Cape Verde	58.2
Central African Republic	50.0
Chad	16.8
Chile	41.2
China	43.3
Colombia	71.0
Comoros	27.9
Costa Rica	66.1
Croatia	60.3
Cuba	47.4
Cyprus	30.5
Czech Republic	72.5
Democratic Republic of the Congo	60.0
Denmark	76.1
Djibouti	20.0
Dominica	38.8
Dominican Republic	47.7
East Timor	23.6
Ecuador	81.2
Egypt	11.0
El Salvador	54.0
Equatorial Guinea	78.4
Eritrea	22.4
Estonia	77.3
Eswatini	47.5
Ethiopia	34.8
Federated States of Micronesia	68.8
Fiji	63.0
Finland	83.3
France	66.5
Gabon	78.5
Gambia	30.9
Georgia	55.0
Germany	74.7
Ghana	48.0
Greece	48.2
Greenland	83.2
Grenada	40.2
Guatemala	58.6
Guinea	48.2
Guinea-Bissau	41.5
Guyana	31.8
Haiti	51.2
Honduras	56.4
Hungary	61.3
Iceland	84.1
India	36.8
Indonesia	51.4
Iran	25.5
Iraq	21.2
Ireland	79.8
Israel	24.9
Italy	57.0
Ivory Coast	52.6
Jamaica	53.6
Japan	66.3
Jordan	19.0
Kazakhstan	46.9
Kenya	34.9
Kiribati	66.9
Kosovo	66.2
Kuwait	21.3
Kyrgyzstan	35.9
Laos	54.5
Latvia	76.0
Lebanon	32.6
Lesotho	35.9
Liberia	59.0
Libya	17.2
Liechtenstein	68.8
Lithuania	74.9
Luxembourg	75.7
Madagascar	30.9
Malawi	22.9
Malaysia	60.8
Maldives	65.1
Mali	26.1
Malta	54.7
Marshall Islands	61.0
Mauritania	24.5
Mauritius	56.1
Mexico	42.6
Moldova	61.0
Monaco	55.1
Mongolia	31.3
Montenegro	59.2
Morocco	30.5
Mozambique	29.9
Myanmar	52.8
Namibia	26.2
Nauru	69.4
Nepal	45.4
Netherlands	76.6
New Zealand	66.6
Nicaragua	58.8
Niger	17.6
Nigeria	44.4
North Korea	39.5
North Macedonia	59.5
Norway	83.1
Oman	9.9
Pakistan	16.7
Palau	66.8
Panama	68.4
Papua New Guinea	57.7
Paraguay	44.0
Peru	58.0
Philippines	55.1
Poland	74.0
Portugal	46.0
Qatar	11.3
Republic of the Congo	71.7
Romania	61.4
Russia	76.8
Rwanda	66.0
Saint Kitts and Nevis	32.6
Saint Lucia	53.1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	39.2
Samoa	66.8
San Marino	62.6
Saudi Arabia	11.6
Senegal	30.5
Serbia	61.9
Seychelles	56.5
Sierra Leone	59.4
Singapore	64.7
Slovakia	67.2
Slovenia	64.5
Solomon Islands	59.6
Somalia	29.5
South Africa	27.8
South Korea	39.5
South Sudan	39.4
Spain	50.1
Sri Lanka	56.1
Sudan	18.4
Suriname	28.9
Sweden	80.6
Switzerland	70.2
Syria	30.2
São Tomé and Príncipe	88.1
Taiwan	n/a
Tajikistan	37.1
Tanzania	34.1
Thailand	48.7
Togo	53.0
Tonga	66.6
Trinidad and Tobago	47.1
Tunisia	36.1
Turkey	42.0
Turkmenistan	24.6
Tuvalu	68.2
Uganda	45.4
Ukraine	66.6
United Arab Emirates	9.8
United Kingdom	78.4
United States	47.7
Uruguay	43.4
Uzbekistan	26.2
Vanuatu	49.2
Vatican City	n/a
Venezuela	50.7
Vietnam	63.6
Yemen	16.9
Zambia	32.1
Zimbabwe	29.1

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