Sunshine in Gordola

Gordola (TI) gets about 2130 hours of sunshine a year, 56% of the possible maximum, or 5.8 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 98% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 31 of 101 places in Ticino. That's about 250 hours more than the Ticino average of 1880. Mountains around it block about 170 hours a year, already taken into account.

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2130 hsunshine a year

7.9 ha day in July

3.8 ha day in November

#31 / 101in Ticino

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 08:56 to 16:09, and on 21 June from 07:19 to 19:47.

Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 1h 14m later than over a flat horizon (June).
Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 1h 01m earlier than over a flat horizon (June).

Month	per day	per month
January	4.6 h	142 h
February	5.5 h	154 h
March	6.3 h	196 h
April	6.1 h	183 h
May	6.1 h	190 h
June	7.1 h	214 h
July	7.9 h	244 h
August	7.4 h	231 h
September	6.3 h	190 h
October	4.7 h	145 h
November	3.8 h	113 h
December	4.0 h	125 h

Climate in Gordola

12.3 °Cmean temperature

27.9 °CJuly daily high

−1.1 °CJanuary nightly low

1743 mmrain and snow a year

1369 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

221 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Ticino

Ascona 2120 h
Orselina 2130 h
Cureglia 2130 h
Losone 2130 h

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