Swiss SunSunshine in Arth
Arth (SZ) gets about 1630 hours of sunshine a year, 44% of the possible maximum, or 4.5 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 34% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 16 of 30 places in Schwyz. That's about 30 hours more than the Schwyz average of 1600. Mountains around it block about 170 hours a year, already taken into account.
Explore Arth on the sunshine map1630 hsunshine a year
7.0 ha day in July
1.7 ha day in December
#16 / 30in Schwyz
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.
Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:56 to 14:20, and on 21 June from 06:40 to 20:55.
- Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 1h 50m earlier than over a flat horizon (December).
- Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 40 min later than over a flat horizon (June).
| Month | per day | per month |
|---|---|---|
| January | 2.1 h | 67 h |
| February | 3.2 h | 90 h |
| March | 4.4 h | 135 h |
| April | 5.5 h | 165 h |
| May | 5.9 h | 183 h |
| June | 6.6 h | 198 h |
| July | 7.0 h | 217 h |
| August | 6.4 h | 199 h |
| September | 4.9 h | 147 h |
| October | 3.6 h | 111 h |
| November | 2.1 h | 62 h |
| December | 1.7 h | 52 h |
Climate in Arth
9.4 °Cmean temperature
23.5 °CJuly daily high
−2.1 °CJanuary nightly low
1563 mmrain and snow a year
1191 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
511 mabove sea level
Similar sunshine in Schwyz
- Illgau 1630 h
- Schwyz 1630 h
- Feusisberg 1630 h
- Steinen 1620 h
Nearby
- Steinerberg 1680 h
- Lauerz 1530 h
- Steinen 1620 h
- Walchwil 1500 h
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