Swiss SunSunshine in Biel-Benken
Biel-Benken (BL) gets about 1700 hours of sunshine a year, 42% 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 9 of 86 places in Basel-Landschaft. That's about 90 hours more than the Basel-Landschaft average of 1620.
Explore Biel-Benken on the sunshine map1700 hsunshine a year
7.8 ha day in July
1.8 ha day in December
#9 / 86in Basel-Landschaft
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 08:50 to 16:09, and on 21 June from 06:05 to 20:58.
| Month | per day | per month |
|---|---|---|
| January | 2.1 h | 65 h |
| February | 3.0 h | 84 h |
| March | 4.2 h | 129 h |
| April | 5.5 h | 166 h |
| May | 6.0 h | 186 h |
| June | 7.1 h | 214 h |
| July | 7.8 h | 241 h |
| August | 7.2 h | 224 h |
| September | 5.4 h | 163 h |
| October | 3.5 h | 108 h |
| November | 2.1 h | 63 h |
| December | 1.8 h | 57 h |
Climate in Biel-Benken
10.8 °Cmean temperature
25.7 °CJuly daily high
−0.6 °CJanuary nightly low
914 mmrain and snow a year
1236 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
330 mabove sea level
Similar sunshine in Basel-Landschaft
- Therwil 1700 h
- Münchenstein 1700 h
- Pratteln 1700 h
- Rünenberg 1700 h
Nearby
- Oberwil (BL) 1700 h
- Therwil 1700 h
- Bättwil 1620 h
- Witterswil 1620 h
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