Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Grandfontaine

Grandfontaine (JU) gets about 1670 hours of sunshine a year, 41% of the possible maximum, or 4.6 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 50% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 21 of 51 places in Jura. That's about 20 hours more than the Jura average of 1640.

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1670 hsunshine a year
7.5 ha day in July
1.8 ha day in December
#21 / 51in Jura

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: 3.0 h a dayMarch: 4.2 h a dayApril: 5.4 h a dayMay: 5.8 h a dayJune: 7.0 h a dayJuly: 7.5 h a dayAugust: 7.0 h a daySeptember: 5.3 h a dayOctober: 3.5 h a dayNovember: 2.0 h a dayDecember: 1.8 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 09:01 to 16:12, and on 21 June from 06:05 to 20:59.

Monthper dayper month
January2.2 h67 h
February3.0 h84 h
March4.2 h131 h
April5.4 h163 h
May5.8 h181 h
June7.0 h210 h
July7.5 h232 h
August7.0 h217 h
September5.3 h159 h
October3.5 h107 h
November2.0 h59 h
December1.8 h57 h

Climate in Grandfontaine

9.7 °Cmean temperature
23.8 °CJuly daily high
−1.5 °CJanuary nightly low
1070 mmrain and snow a year
1242 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
544 mabove sea level

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