Sunshine in Basel

Basel (BS) gets about 1710 hours of sunshine a year, 42% of the possible maximum, or 4.7 hours a day on average. That makes it number 35 of 60 Swiss towns we compare.

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1710 hsunshine a year

7.8 ha day in July

1.9 ha day in December

#35 / 60sunniest towns

Sunshine month by month

Average hours of sunshine per day, 1991–2020. The line shows the most the sun could shine at this latitude.

Month	per day	per month
January	2.1 h	65 h
February	3.0 h	84 h
March	4.1 h	127 h
April	5.6 h	168 h
May	6.1 h	190 h
June	7.2 h	215 h
July	7.8 h	241 h
August	7.3 h	225 h
September	5.5 h	164 h
October	3.5 h	108 h
November	2.1 h	63 h
December	1.9 h	58 h

Climate in Basel

11.2 °Cmean temperature

26.1 °CJuly daily high

-0.3 °CJanuary nightly low

807 mmrain and snow a year

1221 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

261 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine

Liestal 1708 h
Thalwil 1701 h
Delémont 1695 h
Horgen 1689 h

Nearby towns

Liestal 1708 h
Delémont 1695 h
Olten 1627 h
Solothurn 1664 h

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