Sunshine in Gams

Gams (SG) gets about 1670 hours of sunshine a year, 45% of the possible maximum, or 4.6 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 52% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 27 of 75 places in St. Gallen. That's about 20 hours more than the St. Gallen average of 1650. Mountains around it block about 190 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1670 hsunshine a year

6.7 ha day in July

2.1 ha day in December

#27 / 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.

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:58 to 15:26, and on 21 June from 05:56 to 19:32.

Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 1h 21m earlier than over a flat horizon (June).
Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 31 min later than over a flat horizon (February).

Month	per day	per month
January	2.5 h	79 h
February	3.4 h	95 h
March	4.5 h	138 h
April	5.5 h	166 h
May	5.7 h	177 h
June	6.3 h	190 h
July	6.7 h	207 h
August	6.4 h	199 h
September	5.3 h	160 h
October	3.8 h	119 h
November	2.5 h	75 h
December	2.1 h	65 h

Climate in Gams

10.0 °Cmean temperature

24.3 °CJuly daily high

−2.4 °CJanuary nightly low

1315 mmrain and snow a year

1208 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

488 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in St. Gallen

Gossau (SG) 1670 h
Weesen 1670 h
Eichberg 1670 h
Gommiswald 1670 h

Nearby

Grabs 1670 h
Gamprin 1700 h
Eschen 1690 h
Schaan 1520 h

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