Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Bure

Bure (JU) gets about 1670 hours of sunshine a year, 40% of the possible maximum, or 4.6 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 50% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 20 of 51 places in Jura. That's about 20 hours more than the Jura average of 1640.

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1670 hsunshine a year
7.6 ha day in July
1.8 ha day in December
#20 / 51in Jura

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: 2.1 h a dayFebruary: 3.0 h a dayMarch: 4.3 h a dayApril: 5.5 h a dayMay: 5.9 h a dayJune: 7.1 h a dayJuly: 7.6 h a dayAugust: 7.1 h a daySeptember: 5.3 h a dayOctober: 3.3 h a dayNovember: 1.9 h a dayDecember: 1.8 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:48 to 16:15, and on 21 June from 06:03 to 21:04.

Monthper dayper month
January2.1 h66 h
February3.0 h83 h
March4.3 h132 h
April5.5 h164 h
May5.9 h182 h
June7.1 h212 h
July7.6 h235 h
August7.1 h219 h
September5.3 h158 h
October3.3 h103 h
November1.9 h56 h
December1.8 h56 h

Climate in Bure

9.5 °Cmean temperature
23.6 °CJuly daily high
−1.7 °CJanuary nightly low
1119 mmrain and snow a year
1253 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
578 mabove sea level

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