Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Acquarossa

Acquarossa (TI) gets about 1350 hours of sunshine a year, 50% of the possible maximum, or 3.7 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 3% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 97 of 101 places in Ticino. That's about 530 hours less than the Ticino average of 1880. Mountains around it block about 730 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1350 hsunshine a year
5.4 ha day in July
1.9 ha day in December
#97 / 101in Ticino

Sunshine month by month

Average hours of sunshine per day, 1991–2020. The line shows the most the sun could shine here, with the mountains around it.

0h5h10h15hJanuary: 2.2 h a dayFebruary: 3.1 h a dayMarch: 4.3 h a dayApril: 4.3 h a dayMay: 4.3 h a dayJune: 5.0 h a dayJuly: 5.4 h a dayAugust: 4.8 h a daySeptember: 4.3 h a dayOctober: 2.9 h a dayNovember: 1.9 h a dayDecember: 1.9 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 09:27 to 12:47, and on 21 June from 08:37 to 19:44.

Monthper dayper month
January2.2 h69 h
February3.1 h88 h
March4.3 h133 h
April4.3 h128 h
May4.3 h133 h
June5.0 h151 h
July5.4 h169 h
August4.8 h149 h
September4.3 h128 h
October2.9 h91 h
November1.9 h56 h
December1.9 h58 h

Climate in Acquarossa

10.0 °Cmean temperature
25.2 °CJuly daily high
−1.7 °CJanuary nightly low
1408 mmrain and snow a year
1269 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
477 mabove sea level

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