Sun temperature layer

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Click on each layer to see how much the sun's temperature varies

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Temperature: More than 27 million degrees F (15 million degrees C).

Temperature: Range from 12 million degrees F (7 million degrees C) nearest the core to around 4 million degrees F (2 million degrees C) in the outer radiative zone.

Temperature: Approximately 4 million degrees F (2 million degrees C).

Temperature: About 10,000 degrees F (5,500 degrees C).

Temperature: Range from approximately 11,000 degrees F (6,000 degrees C) nearest the photosphere to about 7,200 degrees F (4,000 degrees C) a couple of hundred miles higher up.

Temperature: Around 1.8 million degrees F to 3.6 million degrees F (1 to 2 million degrees C).