Sun behind cloud
Also called SUN BEHIND CLOUD, U+26C5, weather emoji
Unicode character. A code point, not a station model or a forecast icon.
Weather charactersSun behind cloud meaning
U+26C5 SUN BEHIND CLOUD is a Unicode character. Partly cloudy is a forecast label with day and night versions. They are not the same symbol.
At a glance
- System
- Unicode character
- Code point
- U+26C5
- Official name
- SUN BEHIND CLOUD
- Not the same as
- A forecast icon or a station-model sign
U+26C5 sun behind a cloud. Not the partly cloudy forecast, though it resembles one.
The name. Unicode name SUN BEHIND CLOUD, U+26C5. The picture on a phone is the vendor’s. The character is the code point.
Where it comes from
The character is in Miscellaneous Symbols. WWIS lists partly cloudy, sunny intervals, and sunny periods as forecast labels, and it can switch to a night icon. The character has no night form. It is one code point with a sun and a cloud in the name. Apple and the Met Office draw their own partly cloudy icons. Those drawings are not this character.
The line drawing is original to this cabinet. It is not an agency logo, a vendor icon, or the emoji for the same idea.
Weather
What it means
Typed, it looks like the forecast people mean by partly cloudy. The resemblance is why the pages are linked. The forecast page carries the labels. This page carries the code point.
Variants
Vendor art
Apple, Google, and other vendors draw one code point in different colors and shapes. None of those drawings is a WMO icon, and none of them is the line art on this page.
Worth knowing
- U+26C5 is the Unicode name SUN BEHIND CLOUD. Vendors may draw it as a color emoji. The character is still the code point. Source
Questions
Is the sun-and-cloud emoji partly cloudy?
It resembles that forecast. The forecast is a service’s icon and label. U+26C5 is SUN BEHIND CLOUD, and vendors draw it differently.
Does this character have a night version?
No. Night icons belong to forecast sets such as WWIS and the Met Office. The character is one code point.
Near this
- Partly cloudyA forecast icon for sun and cloud together. Not overcast, and not a station-model sky circle.
- Black sun with raysThe sun character U+2600. Not a clear-sky forecast, and not the alchemical sun.
- Cloud characterThe cloud character U+2601. Not an overcast forecast and not a sky-cover circle.
- Clear skyA forecast icon for an expected open sky. Not the alchemical sun, and not a clear night.
Sources
Named when the entry depends on a text, a date, or a standard. Catalog numbers are not invented.
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symbol.wiki, edited as Sigilla. Last reviewed 18 October 2026. A reading of public tradition, not a ruling.