Sunny Hours / Sunshine by US city / Minneapolis
Sunshine forecast for Minneapolis, MN
The best sun in Minneapolis today is from 4pm to 6pm, with a peak sun score of 100 out of 100. The sunniest day ahead is Saturday, with 10 sunny hours.
- Best sun today4pm to 6pm
- Sunny hours today10
- Sunrise7:21 am
- Sunset6:38 pm
- Daylight11h 17m
- Evening golden hour6:03 pm to 6:48 pm
- High and low73° / 46°
Sunny hours in Minneapolis over the next 10 days
Each square is one daylight hour. Orange means the sun should be out, pale yellow means some sun, and gray means mostly cloud. The numbers across the top are the hour of the day.
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Day by day
| Day | Sunny hours | Best window | Sunrise | Sunset | High / low |
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| Today | 10 | 12pm to 2pm | 7:21 am | 6:38 pm | 73° / 46° |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 10 | 9am to 11am | 7:22 am | 6:36 pm | 86° / 60° |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 7 | 9am to 11am | 7:23 am | 6:35 pm | 86° / 63° |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 2 | 4pm to 6pm | 7:25 am | 6:33 pm | 74° / 59° |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 3 | 4pm to 6pm | 7:26 am | 6:31 pm | 57° / 51° |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 3 | 5pm to 7pm | 7:27 am | 6:29 pm | 64° / 48° |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 0 | No clear window | 7:28 am | 6:28 pm | 56° / 52° |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 0 | 2pm to 4pm | 7:30 am | 6:26 pm | 51° / 39° |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 6 | 2pm to 4pm | 7:31 am | 6:24 pm | 44° / 36° |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 1 | 9am to 11am | 7:32 am | 6:22 pm | 52° / 35° |
How to read this forecast
Most forecasts give each hour one symbol. In broken cloud that hides a lot: an hour with twenty minutes of direct sun is still drawn as a cloud. This page uses a sun score from 0 to 100 for every daylight hour instead. It combines how many minutes of direct sunshine the weather model expects in that hour with how much of the sky is covered by cloud. A sunny hour here is one that scores above 66.
The best window is the one or two hours in a row with the most sun, marked down for rain risk and strong wind. Evening golden hour is the stretch around sunset when the light is low and warm, which photographers like.
This page says when the sun will be out, not how strong it is. For that, see the UV index in Minneapolis.
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Forecast for Minneapolis, Minnesota. Updated October 9 at 3:41 PM. Weather data by Open-Meteo.