Sunshine in Buchs (SG)

Buchs (SG) gets about 1580 hours of sunshine a year, 46% of the possible maximum, or 4.3 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 17% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 67 of 75 places in St. Gallen. That's about 70 hours less than the St. Gallen average of 1650. Mountains around it block about 310 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1580 hsunshine a year

6.6 ha day in July

1.7 ha day in December

#67 / 75in St. Gallen

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 09:25 to 14:48, and on 21 June from 07:09 to 20:34.

Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 1h 23m earlier than over a flat horizon (November).
Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 1h 15m later than over a flat horizon (April).

Month	per day	per month
January	2.2 h	68 h
February	3.2 h	90 h
March	4.2 h	130 h
April	5.2 h	157 h
May	5.6 h	174 h
June	6.3 h	189 h
July	6.6 h	205 h
August	6.0 h	187 h
September	4.9 h	147 h
October	3.7 h	114 h
November	2.2 h	66 h
December	1.7 h	54 h

Climate in Buchs (SG)

10.6 °Cmean temperature

24.9 °CJuly daily high

−2.0 °CJanuary nightly low

1099 mmrain and snow a year

1196 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

450 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in St. Gallen

Untereggen 1570 h
Eggersriet 1570 h
Rorschacherberg 1600 h
Wattwil 1560 h

Nearby

Vaduz 1470 h
Schaan 1520 h
Sevelen 1540 h
Grabs 1670 h

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