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Sunshine in Gossau (SG)

Gossau (SG) gets about 1670 hours of sunshine a year, 40% of the possible maximum, or 4.6 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 52% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 28 of 75 places in St. Gallen. That's about 20 hours more than the St. Gallen average of 1650.

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1670 hsunshine a year
7.3 ha day in July
1.7 ha day in December
#28 / 75in St. Gallen

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: 2.2 h a dayFebruary: 3.1 h a dayMarch: 4.6 h a dayApril: 5.7 h a dayMay: 6.0 h a dayJune: 6.7 h a dayJuly: 7.3 h a dayAugust: 6.8 h a daySeptember: 5.3 h a dayOctober: 3.4 h a dayNovember: 2.0 h a dayDecember: 1.7 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:46 to 16:06, and on 21 June from 05:55 to 20:56.

Monthper dayper month
January2.2 h67 h
February3.1 h87 h
March4.6 h144 h
April5.7 h171 h
May6.0 h185 h
June6.7 h202 h
July7.3 h226 h
August6.8 h211 h
September5.3 h158 h
October3.4 h105 h
November2.0 h60 h
December1.7 h54 h

Climate in Gossau (SG)

8.9 °Cmean temperature
22.9 °CJuly daily high
−2.7 °CJanuary nightly low
1244 mmrain and snow a year
1211 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
632 mabove sea level

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