Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Knonau

Knonau (ZH) 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 53% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 33 of 160 places in Zurich. That's about 30 hours more than the Zurich average of 1640.

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1670 hsunshine a year
7.4 ha day in July
1.4 ha day in December
#33 / 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: 3.1 h a dayMarch: 4.6 h a dayApril: 5.9 h a dayMay: 6.2 h a dayJune: 7.0 h a dayJuly: 7.4 h a dayAugust: 6.9 h a daySeptember: 5.3 h a dayOctober: 3.3 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 08:43 to 16:08, and on 21 June from 06:01 to 20:51.

Monthper dayper month
January1.8 h56 h
February3.1 h86 h
March4.6 h144 h
April5.9 h177 h
May6.2 h191 h
June7.0 h210 h
July7.4 h229 h
August6.9 h215 h
September5.3 h158 h
October3.3 h104 h
November2.0 h60 h
December1.4 h44 h

Climate in Knonau

10.1 °Cmean temperature
24.9 °CJuly daily high
−1.5 °CJanuary nightly low
1198 mmrain and snow a year
1223 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
436 mabove sea level

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