Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Capriasca

Capriasca (TI) gets about 2070 hours of sunshine a year, 55% of the possible maximum, or 5.7 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 98% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 39 of 101 places in Ticino. That's about 190 hours more than the Ticino average of 1880. Mountains around it block about 210 hours a year, already taken into account.

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2070 hsunshine a year
8.2 ha day in July
3.7 ha day in November
#39 / 101in Ticino

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: 4.4 h a dayFebruary: 5.1 h a dayMarch: 5.7 h a dayApril: 5.7 h a dayMay: 6.2 h a dayJune: 7.3 h a dayJuly: 8.2 h a dayAugust: 7.5 h a daySeptember: 5.8 h a dayOctober: 4.4 h a dayNovember: 3.7 h a dayDecember: 3.8 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 09:22 to 16:14, and on 21 June from 06:52 to 20:06.

Monthper dayper month
January4.4 h136 h
February5.1 h144 h
March5.7 h177 h
April5.7 h172 h
May6.2 h192 h
June7.3 h220 h
July8.2 h253 h
August7.5 h234 h
September5.8 h175 h
October4.4 h137 h
November3.7 h111 h
December3.8 h117 h

Climate in Capriasca

10.5 °Cmean temperature
25.3 °CJuly daily high
−2.0 °CJanuary nightly low
1871 mmrain and snow a year
1396 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
557 mabove sea level

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