Sunshine in Buch am Irchel

Buch am Irchel (ZH) gets about 1630 hours of sunshine a year, 41% of the possible maximum, or 4.5 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 33% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 111 of 160 places in Zurich. That's about 20 hours less than the Zurich average of 1640. Mountains around it block about 30 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1630 hsunshine a year

7.7 ha day in July

1.1 ha day in December

#111 / 160in Zurich

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 08:51 to 15:33, and on 21 June from 05:58 to 20:57.

Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 33 min earlier than over a flat horizon (December).

Month	per day	per month
January	1.5 h	45 h
February	2.7 h	76 h
March	4.3 h	134 h
April	5.9 h	176 h
May	6.4 h	198 h
June	7.2 h	217 h
July	7.7 h	238 h
August	7.1 h	219 h
September	5.2 h	156 h
October	2.8 h	88 h
November	1.5 h	45 h
December	1.1 h	34 h

Climate in Buch am Irchel

9.6 °Cmean temperature

24.8 °CJuly daily high

−2.2 °CJanuary nightly low

1069 mmrain and snow a year

1236 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

515 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Zurich

Flaach 1630 h
Neerach 1630 h
Truttikon 1630 h
Glattfelden 1620 h

Nearby

Dättlikon 1600 h
Volken 1650 h
Berg am Irchel 1640 h
Flaach 1630 h

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