SunMap answers one simple question: where can I sit in the sun right now? Most weather apps tell you if the sun is up. SunMap tells you whether it actually reaches your table. Every outdoor seat in the app is placed on the real facade line, verified against official map data, and evaluated against the true 3D geometry of the buildings around it. Narrow alleys, tall corner blocks, courtyards, waterfront quays, rooftops and hillside terraces all behave differently, and the app models each of them individually. What makes SunMap different Real shadow math, not guesswork. The sun engine calculates the position of the sun for your exact latitude, date and minute, then traces it against surrounding building heights and orientations. A terrace on the north side of a street and one on the south side of the same street get completely different answers, exactly as in real life. Hyper-local clouds. Weather is not uniform across a city. It can be overcast in one neighbourhood and bright sunshine fifteen minutes away. SunMap samples the forecast across a fine local grid and draws cloud shadows that drift over the map with real wind data. When a cloud passes over a venue, that venue goes into shade in the app too. A timeline you can scrub. Drag through the day and watch shadows sweep across streets in real time. See when the sun arrives at a table, how long it stays, and when it disappears behind the building opposite. Each venue shows its full sun window for the day. Planning ahead. Pick any date within the next ten days and the whole map recalculates: sun angles for that date, forecast clouds and rain, and sun windows for every seat. Ideal for booking a birthday lunch, an after-work beer or a slow Sunday brunch with a realistic expectation of the light. Built for real cities. 27 cities, around 100 hand-checked outdoor venues each: Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger, Trondheim, Bodø, Stockholm, Gothenburg, Copenhagen, London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris, Nice, Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Palma, Lisbon, Porto, Rome, Florence, Venice, Athens, Split, Dubrovnik, New York and Los Angeles. Only places with genuine outdoor seating are included. Practical details. Filter by category, show only venues that have sun right now, search across every city at once, and get recommendations for the sunniest spots nearest to you. Opening hours, websites and local tips are included, and for Oslo you also get beer prices and happy hour information. Recent improvements Substantially faster on older phones, with smoother timeline scrubbing, panning and zooming. More accurate localised cloud and rain rendering with softer, more natural shadow edges. Now available on Android with native icons and a full edge-to-edge layout. Interface language follows your phone settings rather than the selected city. Hundreds of venue positions re-verified against official map data. Find the light, then find a seat.

Performance is the focus of this release. Dragging the time slider, panning and zooming the map are now noticeably smoother, especially on older iPhones. Rebuilt the time-scrubbing engine: sun positions, shadows and venue status are precomputed in the background so results appear instantly while you drag Smarter device tiering: newer iPhones keep live shadows, markers and cloud rendering while scrubbing, while older devices switch to a lighter mode automatically Reduced rendering work during map gestures for faster pan and zoom More accurate local weather: cloud shadows now drift with real wind data and match conditions street by street, not just city-wide Venue sun status accounts for cloud cover, not only building shadows Refined map visuals with softer cloud edges and better readability in shaded areas New frosted glass interface across search, filters and the time slider Oslo venues updated with current beer prices and happy hour information Added Barra, Vinkassen and Little Wolf; St. Pauli Biergarten is now Rikkes Hage Expanded venue coverage to 100 verified spots per city with corrected positions and building orientations Numerous fixes for flickering values, misplaced markers and stale weather when switching cities

A major upgrade with sharper sun logic, live weather, and a fresh look. Real-time cloud shadows drifting across the map, driven by actual forecast data Localized weather: it can be cloudy on one side of town and sunny on the other, and SunMap knows the difference Expanded to 27 cities worldwide with 100 hand-verified venues each, from Oslo and London to Lisbon, Rome, Barcelona, Athens, New York and Los Angeles Rebuilt Theory of Everything sun engine, calibrated for narrow streets, plazas, quays and high-latitude edge cases Beer prices and happy hour data for Oslo venues, sourced from Pilsguiden New frosted glass interface with animated weather, sun rays, beer foam drips and coffee steam Smoother time slider with live playback of sun and shadow across the day Performance tuned for iPhone 12 and up, with adaptive rendering for older devices Find the sun. Order a beer. Repeat.

Bigger, brighter, sunnier - our largest update yet. LIVE WEATHER, LOCAL PRECISION SunMap now reads the sky in real time. Cloud shadows drift across the map exactly where the clouds are drifting above you. Sun and shade at every venue update live with the actual forecast, down to the neighborhood. Grunerlokka overcast while Skoyen basks in sun? SunMap knows. PLAN UP TO 10 DAYS AHEAD Scrub the timeline to any hour, any day this week or next. See which terraces will be sunny for Friday's after-work, Saturday brunch, or Tuesday's long lunch. Beyond 10 days we hide clouds - because honest forecasts beat guesses. 10 NEW CITIES, 1000+ NEW VENUES We went global. Say hello to Amsterdam, Rome, Athens, Barcelona, Lisbon, Paris, Nice, Florence, Venice, Dubrovnik, Split and more. Every venue hand-verified with real street geometry so the sun logic actually matches reality. OSLO GOT SMARTER Live beer prices from Pilsguiden across 500+ venues. Happy hour flags. New spots like Barra, Vinkassen and Little Wolf. POLISHED FEEL - Frosted-glass UI with a warm amber tint - Smoother sun/shade transitions when scrubbing time - Selected venues always stay on top - Weather glyphs animate softly between sun, cloud and rain Whether you're chasing the last golden hour in Stockholm or planning next Tuesday's aperitivo in Rome, SunMap finds the light for you.

Plan ahead with the new date picker — check sun and shade for any spot up to a year in advance. Added 50 new venues in Copenhagen, plus performance improvements and bug fixes.

This update expands SunMap to more cities worldwide and dramatically improves shadow accuracy. - New venues across Los Angeles, including Hollywood, West Hollywood, Venice, Santa Monica and Malibu - Recalibrated shadow modelling for New York, Los Angeles, Copenhagen, Trondheim and Bergen using real building data - Sharper sun and shade detection at street level for hundreds of bars, cafes and restaurants - Faster timeline scrubbing and smoother map performance - Smaller fixes and polish across the app

New "My spot" feature: tap to see if the sun reaches you where you're standing right now, with sun direction and altitude Faster, more accurate sun and shade detection powered by improved 3D building data Smoother time slider for planning your afternoon Compact recommendations panel showing the closest sunny spots at a glance Cleaner map design with refined typography and warmer tones Better compass tracking and follow-mode performance Smaller fixes to outdoor seating accuracy and venue locations

Improved sun accuracy - Recalibrated shadow data for Bryne venues - Fixed venues incorrectly showing sun all day - Better building parameters for waterfront and open areas Stability - Fixed iOS rebuild script for Capacitor 8 - Smoother build workflow

NEW CITY: Stavanger is here. Explore sunny terraces around Fargegata and the harbour. Sun Point: Each venue now uses a precise outdoor seating point for shadow calculation — no more guessing. Better sun accuracy: Upgraded raycasting engine delivers more reliable sun and shade results across all cities. Performance boost: Optimized parallel sun checks and smoother timeline scrubbing, especially on older devices.