Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Gaiserwald

Gaiserwald (SG) gets about 1650 hours of sunshine a year, 40% of the possible maximum, or 4.5 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 43% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 43 of 75 places in St. Gallen. Mountains around it block about 30 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1650 hsunshine a year
7.1 ha day in July
1.8 ha day in December
#43 / 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: 4.5 h a dayApril: 5.6 h a dayMay: 5.9 h a dayJune: 6.5 h a dayJuly: 7.1 h a dayAugust: 6.7 h a daySeptember: 5.2 h a dayOctober: 3.4 h a dayNovember: 2.0 h a dayDecember: 1.8 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:45 to 16:08, and on 21 June from 05:53 to 20:29.

Monthper dayper month
January2.2 h68 h
February3.2 h88 h
March4.5 h141 h
April5.6 h168 h
May5.9 h182 h
June6.5 h195 h
July7.1 h220 h
August6.7 h207 h
September5.2 h156 h
October3.4 h105 h
November2.0 h61 h
December1.8 h56 h

Climate in Gaiserwald

9.0 °Cmean temperature
22.4 °CJuly daily high
−2.3 °CJanuary nightly low
1355 mmrain and snow a year
1196 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
656 mabove sea level

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