Anchorage, AK is the cloudiest large city in the United States, with sunshine about 29% of daylight hours over the year.

Share of daylight hours with sunshine, ranked

50 cities

#	City	State	Share of daylight hours with sunshine
1	Anchorage	AK	29%	108 rainy days
2	Seattle	WA	35%	153 rainy days
3	Tacoma	WA	35%	154 rainy days
4	Syracuse	NY	35%	174 rainy days
5	Bellevue	WA	35%	163 rainy days
6	Kent	WA	35%	144 rainy days
7	Everett	WA	35%	163 rainy days
8	Renton	WA	35%	153 rainy days
9	Rochester	NY	36%	168 rainy days
10	Amherst	NY	36%	166 rainy days
11	Pittsburgh	PA	37%	134 rainy days
12	Buffalo	NY	37%	137 rainy days
13	Akron	OH	37%	131 rainy days
14	Cleveland	OH	38%	136 rainy days
15	Ann Arbor	MI	38%	163 rainy days
16	Lansing	MI	38%	138 rainy days
17	Detroit	MI	39%	124 rainy days
18	Toledo	OH	39%	126 rainy days
19	Vancouver	WA	39%	162 rainy days
20	Warren	MI	39%	124 rainy days
21	Sterling Heights	MI	39%	115 rainy days
22	Columbus	OH	40%	147 rainy days
23	Portland	OR	40%	152 rainy days
24	Fort Wayne	IN	40%	135 rainy days
25	Gresham	OR	40%	159 rainy days
26	Albany	NY	40%	139 rainy days
27	Chicago	IL	41%	121 rainy days
28	Milwaukee	WI	41%	125 rainy days
29	Dayton	OH	41%	128 rainy days
30	Coral Springs	FL	41%	127 rainy days
31	Pompano Beach	FL	41%	131 rainy days
32	Green Bay	WI	41%	98 rainy days
33	Hillsboro	OR	41%	158 rainy days
34	Indianapolis	IN	42%	128 rainy days
35	Lexington	KY	42%	134 rainy days
36	Cincinnati	OH	42%	132 rainy days
37	Lexington-Fayette	KY	42%	134 rainy days
38	Meads	KY	42%	122 rainy days
39	Madison	WI	42%	114 rainy days
40	Aurora	IL	42%	116 rainy days
41	Fort Lauderdale	FL	42%	119 rainy days
42	Salem	OR	42%	148 rainy days
43	Pembroke Pines	FL	42%	147 rainy days
44	Hollywood	FL	42%	128 rainy days
45	Joliet	IL	42%	122 rainy days
46	Naperville	IL	42%	125 rainy days
47	Miramar	FL	42%	147 rainy days
48	West Palm Beach	FL	42%	137 rainy days
49	Miami Gardens	FL	42%	135 rainy days
50	Elgin	IL	42%	122 rainy days

Thirty-year normals and records from each city's NOAA GHCN-Daily station, computed 2026-08-30. Cities with a population of 100,000 or more and a reporting station. Each city name opens its climate page.

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Normals and records: NOAA GHCN-Daily stations. Sunshine from ERA5 reanalysis. City locations: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

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