Swiss Sun

Sunshine in La Roche

La Roche (FR) gets about 1710 hours of sunshine a year, 46% of the possible maximum, or 4.7 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 64% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 112 of 120 places in Fribourg. That's about 90 hours less than the Fribourg average of 1800. Mountains around it block about 180 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1710 hsunshine a year
7.2 ha day in July
2.4 ha day in December
#112 / 120in Fribourg

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: 2.8 h a dayFebruary: 3.5 h a dayMarch: 4.2 h a dayApril: 5.3 h a dayMay: 5.9 h a dayJune: 6.8 h a dayJuly: 7.2 h a dayAugust: 6.7 h a daySeptember: 5.1 h a dayOctober: 3.7 h a dayNovember: 2.5 h a dayDecember: 2.4 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 10:01 to 16:21, and on 21 June from 06:28 to 20:59.

Monthper dayper month
January2.8 h85 h
February3.5 h99 h
March4.2 h132 h
April5.3 h159 h
May5.9 h184 h
June6.8 h203 h
July7.2 h224 h
August6.7 h207 h
September5.1 h154 h
October3.7 h115 h
November2.5 h76 h
December2.4 h73 h

Climate in La Roche

8.1 °Cmean temperature
22.4 °CJuly daily high
−3.3 °CJanuary nightly low
1319 mmrain and snow a year
1280 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
750 mabove sea level

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