Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Dachsen

Dachsen (ZH) gets about 1640 hours of sunshine a year, 40% of the possible maximum, or 4.5 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 39% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 92 of 160 places in Zurich.

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1640 hsunshine a year
7.8 ha day in July
1.1 ha day in December
#92 / 160in Zurich

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: 1.4 h a dayFebruary: 2.8 h a dayMarch: 4.4 h a dayApril: 5.8 h a dayMay: 6.3 h a dayJune: 7.3 h a dayJuly: 7.8 h a dayAugust: 7.2 h a daySeptember: 5.3 h a dayOctober: 2.9 h a dayNovember: 1.5 h a dayDecember: 1.1 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:46 to 16:05, and on 21 June from 06:12 to 20:56.

Monthper dayper month
January1.4 h44 h
February2.8 h78 h
March4.4 h136 h
April5.8 h175 h
May6.3 h197 h
June7.3 h219 h
July7.8 h241 h
August7.2 h222 h
September5.3 h158 h
October2.9 h89 h
November1.5 h44 h
December1.1 h34 h

Climate in Dachsen

10.0 °Cmean temperature
25.2 °CJuly daily high
−1.7 °CJanuary nightly low
907 mmrain and snow a year
1232 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
394 mabove sea level

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