Swiss SunSunshine in Gersau
Gersau (SZ) gets about 1520 hours of sunshine a year, 44% of the possible maximum, or 4.2 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 8% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 24 of 30 places in Schwyz. That's about 80 hours less than the Schwyz average of 1600. Mountains around it block about 290 hours a year, already taken into account.
Explore Gersau on the sunshine map1520 hsunshine a year
5.6 ha day in August
1.9 ha day in December
#24 / 30in Schwyz
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 09:28 to 15:39, and on 21 June from 08:16 to 19:41.
- Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 2h 16m later than over a flat horizon (June).
- Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 1h 14m earlier than over a flat horizon (June).
| Month | per day | per month |
|---|---|---|
| January | 2.4 h | 75 h |
| February | 3.5 h | 99 h |
| March | 4.6 h | 141 h |
| April | 5.2 h | 157 h |
| May | 5.0 h | 155 h |
| June | 5.2 h | 155 h |
| July | 5.5 h | 171 h |
| August | 5.6 h | 173 h |
| September | 4.9 h | 148 h |
| October | 3.8 h | 117 h |
| November | 2.3 h | 68 h |
| December | 1.9 h | 59 h |
Climate in Gersau
9.8 °Cmean temperature
24.0 °CJuly daily high
−2.0 °CJanuary nightly low
1538 mmrain and snow a year
1207 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
455 mabove sea level
Similar sunshine in Schwyz
- Innerthal 1510 h
- Lauerz 1530 h
- Küssnacht (SZ) 1550 h
- Rothenthurm 1560 h
Nearby
- Vitznau 1400 h
- Emmetten 1370 h
- Seelisberg 1550 h
- Beckenried 1550 h
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