Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Greppen

Greppen (LU) gets about 1410 hours of sunshine a year, 41% of the possible maximum, or 3.9 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 4% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 78 of 79 places in Lucerne. That's about 190 hours less than the Lucerne average of 1600. Mountains around it block about 270 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1410 hsunshine a year
6.1 ha day in July
1.4 ha day in December
#78 / 79in Lucerne

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: 1.7 h a dayFebruary: 2.6 h a dayMarch: 3.7 h a dayApril: 5.1 h a dayMay: 5.4 h a dayJune: 5.8 h a dayJuly: 6.1 h a dayAugust: 5.8 h a daySeptember: 4.2 h a dayOctober: 2.8 h a dayNovember: 1.6 h a dayDecember: 1.4 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 10:33 to 16:10, and on 21 June from 07:33 to 20:56.

Monthper dayper month
January1.7 h53 h
February2.6 h74 h
March3.7 h116 h
April5.1 h152 h
May5.4 h168 h
June5.8 h174 h
July6.1 h190 h
August5.8 h179 h
September4.2 h127 h
October2.8 h86 h
November1.6 h48 h
December1.4 h43 h

Climate in Greppen

9.6 °Cmean temperature
24.1 °CJuly daily high
−2.0 °CJanuary nightly low
1435 mmrain and snow a year
1182 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
473 mabove sea level

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