Sunshine in Glarus

Glarus (GL) gets about 1830 hours of sunshine a year, 45% of the possible maximum, or 5.0 hours a day on average. That makes it number 23 of 60 Swiss towns we compare.

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1830 hsunshine a year

6.8 ha day in July

2.7 ha day in December

#23 / 60sunniest towns

Sunshine month by month

Average hours of sunshine per day, 1991–2020. The line shows the most the sun could shine at this latitude.

Month	per day	per month
January	3.2 h	100 h
February	4.1 h	116 h
March	4.8 h	150 h
April	5.8 h	174 h
May	6.0 h	185 h
June	6.5 h	196 h
July	6.8 h	212 h
August	6.5 h	202 h
September	5.7 h	171 h
October	4.7 h	145 h
November	3.3 h	98 h
December	2.7 h	84 h

Climate in Glarus

9.0 °Cmean temperature

23.3 °CJuly daily high

-2.9 °CJanuary nightly low

1540 mmrain and snow a year

1186 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

601 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine

Thun 1833 h
Engelberg 1825 h
Altdorf 1823 h
Fribourg 1811 h

Nearby towns

Rapperswil-Jona 1744 h
Schwyz 1799 h
Wädenswil 1687 h
Appenzell 1741 h

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