Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Châtel-Saint-Denis

Châtel-Saint-Denis (FR) gets about 1890 hours of sunshine a year, 47% 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 9 of 120 places in Fribourg. That's about 80 hours more than the Fribourg average of 1800. Mountains around it block about 90 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1890 hsunshine a year
7.4 ha day in July
2.7 ha day in December
#9 / 120in Fribourg

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: 3.2 h a dayFebruary: 4.0 h a dayMarch: 5.1 h a dayApril: 5.8 h a dayMay: 6.1 h a dayJune: 7.0 h a dayJuly: 7.4 h a dayAugust: 7.0 h a daySeptember: 6.0 h a dayOctober: 4.5 h a dayNovember: 3.1 h a dayDecember: 2.7 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 09:19 to 16:23, and on 21 June from 06:42 to 21:04.

Monthper dayper month
January3.2 h99 h
February4.0 h113 h
March5.1 h158 h
April5.8 h175 h
May6.1 h189 h
June7.0 h210 h
July7.4 h230 h
August7.0 h217 h
September6.0 h179 h
October4.5 h138 h
November3.1 h94 h
December2.7 h84 h

Climate in Châtel-Saint-Denis

8.5 °Cmean temperature
22.6 °CJuly daily high
−2.9 °CJanuary nightly low
1465 mmrain and snow a year
1357 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
810 mabove sea level

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