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Sunshine in Chardonne

Chardonne (VD) gets about 1930 hours of sunshine a year, 49% of the possible maximum, or 5.3 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 92% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 25 of 300 places in Vaud. That's about 110 hours more than the Vaud average of 1820. Mountains around it block about 90 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1930 hsunshine a year
7.7 ha day in July
2.6 ha day in December
#25 / 300in Vaud

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: 3.0 h a dayFebruary: 4.0 h a dayMarch: 5.2 h a dayApril: 6.1 h a dayMay: 6.3 h a dayJune: 7.3 h a dayJuly: 7.7 h a dayAugust: 7.3 h a daySeptember: 6.1 h a dayOctober: 4.5 h a dayNovember: 3.1 h a dayDecember: 2.6 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:58 to 16:21, and on 21 June from 06:36 to 20:18.

Monthper dayper month
January3.0 h94 h
February4.0 h112 h
March5.2 h163 h
April6.1 h182 h
May6.3 h195 h
June7.3 h218 h
July7.7 h240 h
August7.3 h226 h
September6.1 h183 h
October4.5 h139 h
November3.1 h94 h
December2.6 h81 h

Climate in Chardonne

9.9 °Cmean temperature
24.0 °CJuly daily high
−1.1 °CJanuary nightly low
1340 mmrain and snow a year
1365 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
594 mabove sea level

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