Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Gempen

Gempen (SO) gets about 1710 hours of sunshine a year, 41% of the possible maximum, or 4.7 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 63% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 2 of 104 places in Solothurn. That's about 90 hours more than the Solothurn average of 1620.

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1710 hsunshine a year
7.6 ha day in July
2.0 ha day in December
#2 / 104in Solothurn

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: 2.3 h a dayFebruary: 3.2 h a dayMarch: 4.2 h a dayApril: 5.6 h a dayMay: 6.0 h a dayJune: 7.0 h a dayJuly: 7.6 h a dayAugust: 7.1 h a daySeptember: 5.4 h a dayOctober: 3.6 h a dayNovember: 2.2 h a dayDecember: 2.0 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:43 to 16:14, and on 21 June from 06:00 to 20:57.

Monthper dayper month
January2.3 h72 h
February3.2 h89 h
March4.2 h129 h
April5.6 h167 h
May6.0 h187 h
June7.0 h209 h
July7.6 h235 h
August7.1 h221 h
September5.4 h162 h
October3.6 h110 h
November2.2 h65 h
December2.0 h63 h

Climate in Gempen

9.0 °Cmean temperature
23.3 °CJuly daily high
−2.1 °CJanuary nightly low
1078 mmrain and snow a year
1237 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
678 mabove sea level

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