Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Belp

Belp (BE) gets about 1700 hours of sunshine a year, 44% of the possible maximum, or 4.7 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 62% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 137 of 334 places in Bern. That's about 30 hours more than the Bern average of 1670. Mountains around it block about 110 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1700 hsunshine a year
7.8 ha day in July
1.6 ha day in December
#137 / 334in Bern

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: 2.0 h a dayFebruary: 3.2 h a dayMarch: 4.6 h a dayApril: 5.4 h a dayMay: 5.8 h a dayJune: 7.2 h a dayJuly: 7.8 h a dayAugust: 7.1 h a daySeptember: 5.4 h a dayOctober: 3.6 h a dayNovember: 2.2 h a dayDecember: 1.6 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 09:13 to 15:15, and on 21 June from 06:05 to 20:47.

Monthper dayper month
January2.0 h61 h
February3.2 h89 h
March4.6 h141 h
April5.4 h163 h
May5.8 h181 h
June7.2 h217 h
July7.8 h241 h
August7.1 h220 h
September5.4 h162 h
October3.6 h112 h
November2.2 h65 h
December1.6 h50 h

Climate in Belp

9.2 °Cmean temperature
24.4 °CJuly daily high
−2.9 °CJanuary nightly low
1063 mmrain and snow a year
1288 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
516 mabove sea level

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