Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Corbières

Corbières (FR) gets about 1720 hours of sunshine a year, 47% of the possible maximum, or 4.7 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 66% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 110 of 120 places in Fribourg. That's about 80 hours less than the Fribourg average of 1800. Mountains around it block about 200 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1720 hsunshine a year
7.1 ha day in July
2.3 ha day in December
#110 / 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: 2.7 h a dayFebruary: 3.6 h a dayMarch: 4.5 h a dayApril: 5.4 h a dayMay: 5.7 h a dayJune: 6.7 h a dayJuly: 7.1 h a dayAugust: 6.7 h a daySeptember: 5.4 h a dayOctober: 3.9 h a dayNovember: 2.7 h a dayDecember: 2.3 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 09:56 to 16:21, and on 21 June from 07:07 to 21:02.

Monthper dayper month
January2.7 h84 h
February3.6 h101 h
March4.5 h139 h
April5.4 h161 h
May5.7 h177 h
June6.7 h201 h
July7.1 h219 h
August6.7 h207 h
September5.4 h161 h
October3.9 h121 h
November2.7 h81 h
December2.3 h73 h

Climate in Corbières

8.7 °Cmean temperature
23.4 °CJuly daily high
−3.0 °CJanuary nightly low
1267 mmrain and snow a year
1274 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
735 mabove sea level

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