Sunny Hours / Sunshine by US city / Milwaukee

Sunshine forecast for Milwaukee, WI

The best sun in Milwaukee today is around 5pm, with a peak sun score of 100 out of 100. The sunniest day ahead is Sunday, with 11 sunny hours.

  • Best sun today5pm to 6pm
  • Sunny hours today3
  • Sunrise7:06 am
  • Sunset6:07 pm
  • Daylight11h 1m
  • Evening golden hour5:32 pm to 6:17 pm
  • High and low56° / 39°

Sunny hours in Milwaukee 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
Mon, Oct 19
Tue, Oct 20
Wed, Oct 21
Thu, Oct 22
Fri, Oct 23
Sat, Oct 24
Sun, Oct 25
  • Sunny
  • Some sun
  • Mostly cloud
  • Dark

Day by day

DaySunny hoursBest windowSunriseSunsetHigh / low
Today34pm to 6pm7:06 am6:07 pm56° / 39°
Sat, Oct 17101pm to 3pm7:07 am6:05 pm53° / 35°
Sun, Oct 18115pm to 7pm7:09 am6:03 pm60° / 40°
Mon, Oct 19111pm to 3pm7:10 am6:02 pm62° / 47°
Tue, Oct 20109am to 11am7:11 am6:00 pm60° / 52°
Wed, Oct 2174pm to 6pm7:12 am5:59 pm60° / 55°
Thu, Oct 2292pm to 4pm7:13 am5:57 pm67° / 55°
Fri, Oct 2349am to 11am7:15 am5:56 pm59° / 55°
Sat, Oct 2443pm to 5pm7:16 am5:54 pm59° / 55°
Sun, Oct 25911am to 1pm7:17 am5:53 pm67° / 55°

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 Milwaukee.

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Forecast for Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Updated October 16 at 5:29 PM. Weather data by Open-Meteo.