Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Grancia

Grancia (TI) gets about 1810 hours of sunshine a year, 56% of the possible maximum, or 5.0 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 81% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 65 of 101 places in Ticino. That's about 70 hours less than the Ticino average of 1880. Mountains around it block about 460 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1810 hsunshine a year
7.7 ha day in July
2.8 ha day in December
#65 / 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.

0h5h10h15hJanuary: 3.3 h a dayFebruary: 4.1 h a dayMarch: 5.1 h a dayApril: 5.1 h a dayMay: 5.7 h a dayJune: 7.0 h a dayJuly: 7.7 h a dayAugust: 6.8 h a daySeptember: 5.2 h a dayOctober: 3.7 h a dayNovember: 2.9 h a dayDecember: 2.8 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 10:42 to 15:57, and on 21 June from 07:42 to 19:55.

Monthper dayper month
January3.3 h103 h
February4.1 h116 h
March5.1 h158 h
April5.1 h154 h
May5.7 h176 h
June7.0 h210 h
July7.7 h239 h
August6.8 h212 h
September5.2 h157 h
October3.7 h115 h
November2.9 h87 h
December2.8 h87 h

Climate in Grancia

12.0 °Cmean temperature
26.7 °CJuly daily high
−0.7 °CJanuary nightly low
1661 mmrain and snow a year
1403 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
320 mabove sea level

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