Henderson, NV is the sunniest large city in the United States: the sun is out about 74% of daylight hours over the year.

Share of daylight hours with sunshine, ranked

50 cities

#	City	State	Share of daylight hours with sunshine
1	Henderson	NV	74%	26 rainy days
2	Lancaster	CA	74%	28 rainy days
3	Las Vegas	NV	73%	22 rainy days
4	Glendale	AZ	73%	30 rainy days
5	North Las Vegas	NV	73%	22 rainy days
6	Paradise	NV	73%	26 rainy days
7	Maryvale	AZ	73%	30 rainy days
8	Peoria	AZ	73%	30 rainy days
9	Sunrise Manor	NV	73%	22 rainy days
10	Spring Valley	NV	73%	26 rainy days
11	Deer Valley	AZ	73%	35 rainy days
12	Surprise	AZ	73%	30 rainy days
13	Alhambra	AZ	73%	33 rainy days
14	Enterprise	NV	73%	29 rainy days
15	Phoenix	AZ	72%	33 rainy days
16	Fresno	CA	72%	47 rainy days
17	Mesa	AZ	72%	34 rainy days
18	Bakersfield	CA	72%	32 rainy days
19	Chandler	AZ	72%	34 rainy days
20	Gilbert	AZ	72%	34 rainy days
21	Scottsdale	AZ	72%	34 rainy days
22	Tempe	AZ	72%	34 rainy days
23	Tempe Junction	AZ	72%	34 rainy days
24	Clovis	CA	72%	47 rainy days
25	El Paso	TX	71%	48 rainy days
26	Tucson	AZ	71%	47 rainy days
27	Palmdale	CA	71%	26 rainy days
28	Visalia	CA	71%	39 rainy days
29	Victorville	CA	71%	25 rainy days
30	Las Cruces	NM	71%	47 rainy days
31	Glendale	CA	70%	35 rainy days
32	Pasadena	CA	70%	42 rainy days
33	Burbank	CA	70%	35 rainy days
34	Universal City	CA	70%	35 rainy days
35	Albuquerque	NM	69%	56 rainy days
36	San Bernardino	CA	69%	35 rainy days
37	Moreno Valley	CA	69%
38	Santa Clarita	CA	69%	34 rainy days
39	Valencia	CA	69%	34 rainy days
40	Rialto	CA	69%	35 rainy days
41	Modesto	CA	68%	53 rainy days
42	Van Nuys	CA	68%	34 rainy days
43	Ontario	CA	67%	35 rainy days
44	Pomona	CA	67%	34 rainy days
45	Roseville	CA	67%	61 rainy days
46	Sacramento	CA	66%	61 rainy days
47	Riverside	CA	66%	35 rainy days
48	Stockton	CA	66%	56 rainy days
49	Fontana	CA	66%	35 rainy days
50	Amarillo	TX	66%	69 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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