Sunny Hours / Sunshine by US city / New York

Sunshine forecast for New York City (NYC)

The best sun in New York today is from 4pm to 6pm, with a peak sun score of 100 out of 100. The sunniest day ahead is Wednesday, with 11 sunny hours.

  • Best sun today4pm to 6pm
  • Sunny hours today9
  • Sunrise7:00 am
  • Sunset6:24 pm
  • Daylight11h 24m
  • Evening golden hour5:49 pm to 6:34 pm
  • High and low74° / 52°

Sunny hours in New York 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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Sat, Oct 17
Sun, Oct 18
  • Sunny
  • Some sun
  • Mostly cloud
  • Dark

Day by day

DaySunny hoursBest windowSunriseSunsetHigh / low
Today910am to 12pm7:00 am6:24 pm74° / 52°
Sat, Oct 10011am to 1pm7:01 am6:23 pm70° / 49°
Sun, Oct 110No clear window7:02 am6:21 pm66° / 50°
Mon, Oct 1262pm to 4pm7:03 am6:20 pm72° / 59°
Tue, Oct 13310am to 12pm7:05 am6:18 pm76° / 61°
Wed, Oct 14113pm to 5pm7:06 am6:17 pm67° / 55°
Thu, Oct 1589am to 11am7:07 am6:15 pm61° / 49°
Fri, Oct 1604pm to 6pm7:08 am6:14 pm68° / 57°
Sat, Oct 1735pm to 7pm7:09 am6:12 pm66° / 53°
Sun, Oct 18111pm to 3pm7:10 am6:11 pm54° / 44°

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 New York.

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Forecast for New York, New York. Updated October 9 at 4:43 PM. Weather data by Open-Meteo.