Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Chancy

Chancy (GE) gets about 1950 hours of sunshine a year, 49% of the possible maximum, or 5.3 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 95% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 17 of 45 places in Geneva. Mountains around it block about 50 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1950 hsunshine a year
8.8 ha day in July
2.0 ha day in December
#17 / 45in Geneva

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: 2.4 h a dayFebruary: 3.6 h a dayMarch: 5.3 h a dayApril: 6.3 h a dayMay: 6.9 h a dayJune: 8.3 h a dayJuly: 8.8 h a dayAugust: 8.0 h a daySeptember: 6.1 h a dayOctober: 3.8 h a dayNovember: 2.5 h a dayDecember: 2.0 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:48 to 16:19, and on 21 June from 06:15 to 20:40.

Monthper dayper month
January2.4 h74 h
February3.6 h100 h
March5.3 h165 h
April6.3 h190 h
May6.9 h215 h
June8.3 h248 h
July8.8 h273 h
August8.0 h249 h
September6.1 h182 h
October3.8 h118 h
November2.5 h74 h
December2.0 h61 h

Climate in Chancy

11.1 °Cmean temperature
26.5 °CJuly daily high
−0.7 °CJanuary nightly low
939 mmrain and snow a year
1337 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
360 mabove sea level

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