Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Castaneda

Castaneda (GR) gets about 1890 hours of sunshine a year, 54% of the possible maximum, or 5.2 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 89% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 4 of 100 places in Graubünden. That's about 280 hours more than the Graubünden average of 1620. Mountains around it block about 350 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1890 hsunshine a year
7.3 ha day in July
3.3 ha day in December
#4 / 100in Graubünden

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: 3.8 h a dayFebruary: 4.8 h a dayMarch: 5.5 h a dayApril: 5.4 h a dayMay: 5.6 h a dayJune: 6.7 h a dayJuly: 7.3 h a dayAugust: 6.6 h a daySeptember: 5.5 h a dayOctober: 4.3 h a dayNovember: 3.3 h a dayDecember: 3.3 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 09:50 to 15:48, and on 21 June from 06:56 to 19:51.

Monthper dayper month
January3.8 h119 h
February4.8 h135 h
March5.5 h172 h
April5.4 h161 h
May5.6 h174 h
June6.7 h201 h
July7.3 h228 h
August6.6 h204 h
September5.5 h165 h
October4.3 h132 h
November3.3 h99 h
December3.3 h102 h

Climate in Castaneda

8.6 °Cmean temperature
24.3 °CJuly daily high
−3.4 °CJanuary nightly low
1464 mmrain and snow a year
1309 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
790 mabove sea level

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