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Cloudiest Countries

Which countries have the highest average percentage of cloud cover over the entire territory of the country?
For the years 1991–2020. Source.
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Last updated: July 17, 2022
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First submittedJuly 17, 2022
Times taken18,370
Average score75.0%
Rating4.66
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Continent
Country
84.4
Europe
Iceland
83.5
Africa
São Tomé and Príncipe
81.5
Europe
Norway
80.1
Europe
Ireland
79.6
Europe
Finland
79.4
South America
Ecuador
78.4
Europe
United Kingdom
78.2
Europe
Sweden
75.5
Africa
Gabon
75.2
Africa
Equatorial Guinea
%
Continent
Country
74.4
Europe
Netherlands
72.6
Europe
Belgium
72.2
Europe
Denmark
72.0
Europe
Luxembourg
71.5
Europe
Germany
71.2
Oceania
Nauru
71.1
Europe
Poland
71.0
Europe
Estonia
70.5
Europe
Czech Republic
70.2
Oceania
F. S. of Micronesia
AlmostAGenius
+10
Level 74
Jul 18, 2022
I’m noticing that there’s almost no correlation between this and the rainiest countries. That seems kinda odd to me. Would any Jetpunk meteorologists care to explain?
cornflakesfu
+37
Level 84
Jul 19, 2022
I'm not a meteorologist, but I am a Jetpunk meteorologist.

Having more clouds doesn't necessarily mean getting more rain. Places with a lot of cloudy, grey weather tend to get a lot of slow, dreary drizzles that don't actually add up to that much total precipitation. Seattle, for instance--famous in the U.S. for its rain--has a lot of gloomy days but gets less total precipitation than, say, New York or Miami.

tshalla
+14
Level 74
Sep 26, 2022
Anecdotally, it hardly rains in Lima, Peru. But good luck seeing the sun.
FlickerP
+10
Level 69
Jul 20, 2022
I'm not surprised to see the UK on here. Supposedly in the middle of a heatwave and the sun hasn't come yet today
vermiciousknid
+1
Level 86
Oct 21, 2022
UK was my first guess. IIRC it was overcast just about the entire time I visited London.
IsleAuHaulte
+4
Level 87
Jul 23, 2022
This seems a hard statistic to determine on a large country.
driehoek25
+3
Level 65
Aug 19, 2022
Sometimes in the winter I forget the sun even exists.
QuizzerBros
+4
Level 65
Sep 26, 2022
If only Tasmania was a country...
Quizzy69
+2
Level 68
Sep 26, 2022
Interesting! Tying to get the right Oceania countries took a bit of thought . Stick to the equator, and it helps (and then add most of Europe)
rabble
+1
Level 56
Sep 26, 2022
I did poorly. I'm not seeing much of a pattern (aside from the pointing out of the equator). Maybe some of it has to do with geographical features, like mountains.
AkJMB
+1
Level 68
Sep 26, 2022
I mostly started with small countries near the ocean based on the given continent. Then, looked for countries near them. I had no idea Scandinavia was so cloudy, but the clues led there. ;)
tshalla
+3
Level 74
Sep 26, 2022
The two countries in Oceania were the last two options I tried.
Rinaldo
+5
Level 32
Sep 26, 2022
Of course! -- because you stopped trying once you got them. :)
tshalla
+4
Level 74
Sep 26, 2022
touche. But I tried every other one first.
ettacetera
+1
Level 25
Sep 26, 2022
got it with only 7 seconds remaining on the first try, quite stressful lol
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 55
Sep 26, 2022
I had a weird hunch that I should type Equatorial Guinea, but I didn't think it would actually be on the quiz, so I decided not to... big mistake. When in doubt, try Equatorial Guinea.
RJF
+1
Level 64
Oct 20, 2022
What's going on in that Sao Tome and Principe-Equatorial Guinea-Gabon bit of ocean?
cta127
+1
Level 66
Mar 21, 2023
This is going by percentages, and these countries are a lot smaller than their neighbours in the region.
nick270502
+1
Level 54
Oct 27, 2022
getting this on the first try feels very good... vague understanding of geography stuff at the level of about a ten year old, knowing and being able to type every country very quickly, and some luck is a winning combo apparently
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