Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Illnau-Effretikon

Illnau-Effretikon (ZH) 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 50% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 41 of 160 places in Zurich. That's about 20 hours more than the Zurich average of 1640.

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1670 hsunshine a year
7.5 ha day in July
1.4 ha day in December
#41 / 160in Zurich

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: 1.8 h a dayFebruary: 2.9 h a dayMarch: 4.4 h a dayApril: 5.8 h a dayMay: 6.1 h a dayJune: 7.1 h a dayJuly: 7.5 h a dayAugust: 7.0 h a daySeptember: 5.4 h a dayOctober: 3.4 h a dayNovember: 2.0 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 08:42 to 16:07, and on 21 June from 05:58 to 20:57.

Monthper dayper month
January1.8 h55 h
February2.9 h82 h
March4.4 h137 h
April5.8 h173 h
May6.1 h190 h
June7.1 h213 h
July7.5 h233 h
August7.0 h217 h
September5.4 h161 h
October3.4 h104 h
November2.0 h60 h
December1.4 h42 h

Climate in Illnau-Effretikon

9.6 °Cmean temperature
24.6 °CJuly daily high
−2.0 °CJanuary nightly low
1165 mmrain and snow a year
1234 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
518 mabove sea level

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