Sunny Hours / Sunshine by US city / Tucson

Sunshine forecast for Tucson, AZ

The best sun in Tucson today is around 3pm, with a peak sun score of 60 out of 100. The sunniest day ahead is Wednesday, with 10 sunny hours.

  • Best sun today3pm to 4pm
  • Sunny hours today4
  • Sunrise6:23 am
  • Sunset5:58 pm
  • Daylight11h 35m
  • Evening golden hour5:23 pm to 6:08 pm
  • High and low95° / 76°

Sunny hours in Tucson 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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Sun, Oct 18
  • Sunny
  • Some sun
  • Mostly cloud
  • Dark

Day by day

DaySunny hoursBest windowSunriseSunsetHigh / low
Today49am to 11am6:23 am5:58 pm95° / 76°
Sat, Oct 1008am to 10am6:24 am5:57 pm92° / 71°
Sun, Oct 1158am to 10am6:24 am5:55 pm80° / 71°
Mon, Oct 1278am to 10am6:25 am5:54 pm83° / 71°
Tue, Oct 1348am to 10am6:26 am5:53 pm80° / 65°
Wed, Oct 141012pm to 2pm6:26 am5:52 pm74° / 64°
Thu, Oct 15108am to 10am6:27 am5:51 pm81° / 66°
Fri, Oct 16108am to 10am6:28 am5:49 pm87° / 72°
Sat, Oct 17108am to 10am6:29 am5:48 pm82° / 70°
Sun, Oct 18108am to 10am6:29 am5:47 pm83° / 68°

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 Tucson.

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Forecast for Tucson, Arizona. Updated October 9 at 1:40 PM. Weather data by Open-Meteo.