Swiss SunSunshine in Balsthal
Balsthal (SO) gets about 1570 hours of sunshine a year, 41% of the possible maximum, or 4.3 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 15% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 93 of 104 places in Solothurn. That's about 50 hours less than the Solothurn average of 1620. Mountains around it block about 100 hours a year, already taken into account.
Explore Balsthal on the sunshine mapSunshine 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 09:32 to 15:38, and on 21 June from 06:17 to 20:19.
- Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 50 min later than over a flat horizon (February).
- Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 41 min earlier than over a flat horizon (June).
| Month | per day | per month |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1.7 h | 52 h |
| February | 2.7 h | 76 h |
| March | 4.2 h | 130 h |
| April | 5.4 h | 163 h |
| May | 5.8 h | 179 h |
| June | 6.6 h | 198 h |
| July | 7.1 h | 221 h |
| August | 6.7 h | 209 h |
| September | 5.0 h | 151 h |
| October | 3.1 h | 97 h |
| November | 1.8 h | 54 h |
| December | 1.3 h | 41 h |
Climate in Balsthal
Similar sunshine in Solothurn
- Egerkingen 1570 h
- Holderbank (SO) 1570 h
- Schönenwerd 1570 h
- Grindel 1580 h
Nearby
- Mümliswil-Ramiswil 1470 h
- Laupersdorf 1610 h
- Oensingen 1600 h
- Holderbank (SO) 1570 h
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