How long in the Sun till I burn?

UV Index

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Skin Type

1 2 3 4

Detailed results:

Overview:

How the sun affects you depends on two things: the amount of UV radiation you receive, measured by the UVI level, and how your skin reacts to that radiation, indicatively provided by your skin type.

Skin Types

The skin types used for this app are taken from the World Health Organisation. You can see more about them here.

Skin type classification	Do you burn in the sun? (without protection)	Do you tan after having been in the sun?
1	Always	Seldom
2	Usually	Sometimes
3	Sometimes	Usually
4	Seldom	Always
5	Naturally brown skin
6	Naturally black skin

Where are the results for skin type 5 & 6? The scientfic paper these calculations are based upon only produced data for skin types 1-4 as these are at higher risk of developing skin cancer. We will look for more data to extend this analysis to these skin types.

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Read more about this project here.