Sunshine in Gais

Gais (AR) gets about 1720 hours of sunshine a year, 42% of the possible maximum, or 4.7 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 64% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 3 of 20 places in Appenzell Ausserrhoden. That's about 40 hours more than the Appenzell Ausserrhoden average of 1670. Mountains around it block about 40 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1720 hsunshine a year

6.9 ha day in July

2.5 ha day in December

#3 / 20in Appenzell Ausserrhoden

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.

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:56 to 16:09, and on 21 June from 05:54 to 20:52.

Month	per day	per month
January	3.0 h	92 h
February	3.5 h	99 h
March	4.6 h	142 h
April	5.4 h	162 h
May	5.6 h	172 h
June	6.4 h	192 h
July	6.9 h	215 h
August	6.5 h	203 h
September	5.3 h	158 h
October	4.0 h	123 h
November	2.7 h	80 h
December	2.5 h	77 h

Climate in Gais

7.8 °Cmean temperature

21.0 °CJuly daily high

−3.0 °CJanuary nightly low

1590 mmrain and snow a year

1214 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

915 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Trogen 1720 h
Wald (AR) 1710 h
Stein (AR) 1700 h
Walzenhausen 1700 h

Nearby

Bühler 1630 h
Appenzell 1700 h
Schwende-Rüte 1660 h
Trogen 1720 h

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