Daylight distribution in the European Union

Interactive applet showing the daylight distribution in every UE city with a population of 100000 r larger, ignoring twilight effects. Interactive applet available in Shinyapps

Static images

If preferred, static images corresponding to different cities can be found in figs/<region>.

The blue lines correspond with the sunrise and sunset in winter time. The red lines, in summer time. The shaded yellow area corresponds with the dual clock situation.

Usage

In Shinyapps

An interactive version of the code can be found in Shinyapps.

Locally

1. Clone or download + unzip the code.
2. Open the .Rproj file with RStudio.
3. Execute shiny::runApp() for running the interactive app locally.
4. For plotting static images, use:

source("auxs.R") # May require installing missing packages
plot_static_city("Madrid")

More information

• How is the end of daylight saving time going to affect me?
• Se acaba el horario de verano: ¿cómo va a afectar a su localidad? (in Spanish).