Sunshine in Kerns

Kerns (OW) gets about 1520 hours of sunshine a year, 43% of the possible maximum, or 4.2 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 9% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 3 of 7 places in Obwalden. That's about 90 hours more than the Obwalden average of 1440. Mountains around it block about 240 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1520 hsunshine a year

6.1 ha day in July

1.7 ha day in December

#3 / 7in Obwalden

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.

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 10:27 to 16:02, and on 21 June from 06:43 to 20:13.

Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 1h 47m later than over a flat horizon (December).
Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 44 min earlier than over a flat horizon (June).

Month	per day	per month
January	2.1 h	64 h
February	3.2 h	89 h
March	4.3 h	132 h
April	5.3 h	160 h
May	5.7 h	175 h
June	5.7 h	171 h
July	6.1 h	189 h
August	5.8 h	179 h
September	4.8 h	144 h
October	3.4 h	105 h
November	2.1 h	62 h
December	1.7 h	53 h

Climate in Kerns

9.5 °Cmean temperature

23.7 °CJuly daily high

−2.0 °CJanuary nightly low

1204 mmrain and snow a year

1188 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

574 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Obwalden

Sarnen 1550 h
Sachseln 1490 h
Alpnach 1590 h
Engelberg 1360 h

Nearby

Sarnen 1550 h
Alpnach 1590 h
Sachseln 1490 h
Ennetmoos 1490 h

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