Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Gonten

Gonten (AI) gets about 1650 hours of sunshine a year, 43% of the possible maximum, or 4.5 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 46% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 4 of 5 places in Appenzell Innerrhoden. Mountains around it block about 120 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1650 hsunshine a year
6.5 ha day in July
2.2 ha day in December
#4 / 5in Appenzell Innerrhoden

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: 2.8 h a dayFebruary: 3.6 h a dayMarch: 4.6 h a dayApril: 5.3 h a dayMay: 5.3 h a dayJune: 6.1 h a dayJuly: 6.5 h a dayAugust: 6.2 h a daySeptember: 5.2 h a dayOctober: 4.0 h a dayNovember: 2.5 h a dayDecember: 2.2 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 09:39 to 15:49, and on 21 June from 05:51 to 20:04.

Monthper dayper month
January2.8 h86 h
February3.6 h101 h
March4.6 h144 h
April5.3 h158 h
May5.3 h164 h
June6.1 h182 h
July6.5 h201 h
August6.2 h192 h
September5.2 h156 h
October4.0 h125 h
November2.5 h76 h
December2.2 h68 h

Climate in Gonten

7.5 °Cmean temperature
20.6 °CJuly daily high
−3.6 °CJanuary nightly low
1778 mmrain and snow a year
1198 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
894 mabove sea level

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