Yuma, Arizona, is regarded as the sunniest city in the United States, with about 4,000 hours of sunlight every year. Below are some other sunny cities for those who are averse to rainfall. Because what constitutes a “sunny day” is debatable, the figures are estimates of the percentage of hours of annual sunshine, or what meteorologists call the “mean percentage of possible sunshine.”
Sunniest U.S. Cities
| City |
Percent of Annual Sunshine |
| Yuma, AZ |
90% |
| Redding, CA |
88% |
| Las Vegas, NV |
85% |
| Tucson, AZ |
85% |
| Phoenix, AZ |
85% |
| El Paso, TX |
84% |
| Fresno, CA |
79% |
| Reno, NV |
79% |
| Bishop, CA |
78% |
| Santa Barbara, CA |
78% |
| Sacramento, CA |
78% |
| Bakersfield, CA |
78% |
| Flagstaff, AZ |
78% |
| Albuquerque, NM |
76% |
