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Sunshine in Diepoldsau

Diepoldsau (SG) gets about 1770 hours of sunshine a year, 44% of the possible maximum, or 4.8 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 73% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 5 of 75 places in St. Gallen. That's about 120 hours more than the St. Gallen average of 1650. Mountains around it block about 40 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1770 hsunshine a year
7.5 ha day in July
1.7 ha day in December
#5 / 75in St. Gallen

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: 2.2 h a dayFebruary: 3.2 h a dayMarch: 4.7 h a dayApril: 6.2 h a dayMay: 6.6 h a dayJune: 7.0 h a dayJuly: 7.5 h a dayAugust: 7.0 h a daySeptember: 5.6 h a dayOctober: 3.8 h a dayNovember: 2.4 h a dayDecember: 1.7 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 09:26 to 16:01, and on 21 June from 05:56 to 20:51.

Monthper dayper month
January2.2 h69 h
February3.2 h90 h
March4.7 h145 h
April6.2 h185 h
May6.6 h204 h
June7.0 h211 h
July7.5 h232 h
August7.0 h218 h
September5.6 h167 h
October3.8 h118 h
November2.4 h72 h
December1.7 h54 h

Climate in Diepoldsau

10.5 °Cmean temperature
24.6 °CJuly daily high
−1.6 °CJanuary nightly low
1203 mmrain and snow a year
1212 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
407 mabove sea level

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