Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Fontenais

Fontenais (JU) gets about 1650 hours of sunshine a year, 41% of the possible maximum, or 4.5 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 45% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 30 of 51 places in Jura.

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1650 hsunshine a year
7.4 ha day in July
1.9 ha day in December
#30 / 51in Jura

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: 3.0 h a dayMarch: 4.2 h a dayApril: 5.3 h a dayMay: 5.7 h a dayJune: 6.9 h a dayJuly: 7.4 h a dayAugust: 7.0 h a daySeptember: 5.3 h a dayOctober: 3.4 h a dayNovember: 2.0 h a dayDecember: 1.9 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 09:02 to 16:07, and on 21 June from 06:17 to 21:01.

Monthper dayper month
January2.2 h68 h
February3.0 h84 h
March4.2 h130 h
April5.3 h160 h
May5.7 h175 h
June6.9 h206 h
July7.4 h229 h
August7.0 h216 h
September5.3 h159 h
October3.4 h107 h
November2.0 h59 h
December1.9 h58 h

Climate in Fontenais

9.9 °Cmean temperature
24.1 °CJuly daily high
−1.4 °CJanuary nightly low
1093 mmrain and snow a year
1226 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
446 mabove sea level

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