September Cloud Cover by Country

This page compares the average September 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	18.1
Albania	37.0
Algeria	24.7
Andorra	55.2
Angola	39.2
Antigua and Barbuda	43.3
Argentina	39.9
Armenia	26.9
Australia	20.9
Austria	58.8
Azerbaijan	48.1
Bahamas	53.1
Bahrain	16.4
Bangladesh	77.3
Barbados	48.3
Belarus	60.9
Belgium	67.0
Belize	57.1
Benin	62.0
Bhutan	61.6
Bolivia	41.9
Bosnia and Herzegovina	45.7
Botswana	14.9
Brazil	51.2
Brunei	58.9
Bulgaria	36.0
Burkina Faso	45.5
Burundi	51.6
Cambodia	65.5
Cameroon	70.3
Canada	73.9
Cape Verde	66.6
Central African Republic	53.6
Chad	28.2
Chile	45.7
China	46.8
Colombia	68.4
Comoros	26.2
Costa Rica	64.1
Croatia	45.4
Cuba	47.4
Cyprus	16.2
Czech Republic	60.1
Democratic Republic of the Congo	52.7
Denmark	71.2
Djibouti	27.2
Dominica	46.2
Dominican Republic	46.3
East Timor	23.8
Ecuador	79.3
Egypt	12.2
El Salvador	57.6
Equatorial Guinea	82.4
Eritrea	33.6
Estonia	75.0
Eswatini	35.3
Ethiopia	38.7
Federated States of Micronesia	65.6
Fiji	60.4
Finland	80.1
France	55.6
Gabon	82.3
Gambia	46.6
Georgia	40.4
Germany	65.6
Ghana	67.8
Greece	19.0
Greenland	80.0
Grenada	42.6
Guatemala	59.7
Guinea	61.3
Guinea-Bissau	59.9
Guyana	31.7
Haiti	50.6
Honduras	54.6
Hungary	45.1
Iceland	80.6
India	59.0
Indonesia	51.2
Iran	20.7
Iraq	4.1
Ireland	79.8
Israel	17.6
Italy	43.6
Ivory Coast	70.4
Jamaica	47.9
Japan	69.3
Jordan	5.8
Kazakhstan	33.0
Kenya	34.7
Kiribati	63.7
Kosovo	45.1
Kuwait	16.9
Kyrgyzstan	29.0
Laos	65.1
Latvia	68.6
Lebanon	18.2
Lesotho	23.0
Liberia	76.7
Libya	16.3
Liechtenstein	55.8
Lithuania	66.3
Luxembourg	66.0
Madagascar	27.9
Malawi	19.0
Malaysia	62.9
Maldives	71.1
Mali	37.6
Malta	44.0
Marshall Islands	59.7
Mauritania	32.0
Mauritius	58.3
Mexico	51.4
Moldova	35.5
Monaco	49.3
Mongolia	31.4
Montenegro	42.0
Morocco	32.4
Mozambique	26.2
Myanmar	69.1
Namibia	19.9
Nauru	65.6
Nepal	67.7
Netherlands	71.8
New Zealand	69.5
Nicaragua	57.6
Niger	25.6
Nigeria	57.2
North Korea	50.9
North Macedonia	35.9
Norway	78.5
Oman	32.0
Pakistan	26.6
Palau	62.4
Panama	65.9
Papua New Guinea	59.3
Paraguay	44.5
Peru	54.3
Philippines	57.6
Poland	63.4
Portugal	33.6
Qatar	17.7
Republic of the Congo	71.5
Romania	41.8
Russia	71.2
Rwanda	60.6
Saint Kitts and Nevis	40.7
Saint Lucia	57.6
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	42.3
Samoa	66.3
San Marino	43.2
Saudi Arabia	15.0
Senegal	44.3
Serbia	42.9
Seychelles	49.7
Sierra Leone	75.0
Singapore	64.6
Slovakia	52.1
Slovenia	53.3
Solomon Islands	60.1
Somalia	32.6
South Africa	21.4
South Korea	54.8
South Sudan	45.8
Spain	40.6
Sri Lanka	57.2
Sudan	29.9
Suriname	26.3
Sweden	75.3
Switzerland	58.2
Syria	11.6
São Tomé and Príncipe	89.9
Taiwan	n/a
Tajikistan	28.9
Tanzania	32.7
Thailand	63.6
Togo	70.1
Tonga	66.2
Trinidad and Tobago	47.5
Tunisia	32.3
Turkey	16.9
Turkmenistan	19.8
Tuvalu	65.0
Uganda	43.2
Ukraine	45.1
United Arab Emirates	19.2
United Kingdom	76.9
United States	42.2
Uruguay	55.0
Uzbekistan	18.5
Vanuatu	50.3
Vatican City	n/a
Venezuela	50.4
Vietnam	62.9
Yemen	36.8
Zambia	20.7
Zimbabwe	17.6

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