Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Albula/Alvra

Albula/Alvra (GR) gets about 1840 hours of sunshine a year, 50% of the possible maximum, or 5.0 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 85% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 9 of 100 places in Graubünden. That's about 220 hours more than the Graubünden average of 1620. Mountains around it block about 270 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1840 hsunshine a year
6.6 ha day in July
3.1 ha day in December
#9 / 100in Graubünden

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: 3.8 h a dayFebruary: 4.6 h a dayMarch: 5.2 h a dayApril: 5.3 h a dayMay: 5.3 h a dayJune: 6.0 h a dayJuly: 6.6 h a dayAugust: 6.4 h a daySeptember: 5.7 h a dayOctober: 4.8 h a dayNovember: 3.4 h a dayDecember: 3.1 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 09:25 to 15:38, and on 21 June from 06:46 to 19:30.

Monthper dayper month
January3.8 h119 h
February4.6 h130 h
March5.2 h160 h
April5.3 h160 h
May5.3 h165 h
June6.0 h179 h
July6.6 h206 h
August6.4 h200 h
September5.7 h171 h
October4.8 h150 h
November3.4 h103 h
December3.1 h97 h

Climate in Albula/Alvra

5.9 °Cmean temperature
19.9 °CJuly daily high
−6.4 °CJanuary nightly low
997 mmrain and snow a year
1330 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
1197 mabove sea level

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