Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Illgau

Illgau (SZ) gets about 1630 hours of sunshine a year, 46% of the possible maximum, or 4.5 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 35% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 15 of 30 places in Schwyz. That's about 30 hours more than the Schwyz average of 1600. Mountains around it block about 290 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1630 hsunshine a year
6.1 ha day in July
2.1 ha day in December
#15 / 30in Schwyz

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: 2.6 h a dayFebruary: 3.7 h a dayMarch: 4.5 h a dayApril: 5.4 h a dayMay: 5.2 h a dayJune: 5.9 h a dayJuly: 6.1 h a dayAugust: 5.9 h a daySeptember: 5.2 h a dayOctober: 4.3 h a dayNovember: 2.8 h a dayDecember: 2.1 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 09:40 to 14:48, and on 21 June from 07:08 to 20:10.

Monthper dayper month
January2.6 h82 h
February3.7 h103 h
March4.5 h138 h
April5.4 h161 h
May5.2 h163 h
June5.9 h176 h
July6.1 h189 h
August5.9 h184 h
September5.2 h155 h
October4.3 h132 h
November2.8 h84 h
December2.1 h64 h

Climate in Illgau

8.5 °Cmean temperature
22.5 °CJuly daily high
−3.4 °CJanuary nightly low
1940 mmrain and snow a year
1153 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
822 mabove sea level

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