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Sunshine in Lajoux (JU)

Lajoux (JU) gets about 1680 hours of sunshine a year, 41% of the possible maximum, or 4.6 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 57% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 15 of 51 places in Jura. That's about 40 hours more than the Jura average of 1640. Mountains around it block about 20 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1680 hsunshine a year
7.1 ha day in July
2.5 ha day in November
#15 / 51in Jura

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: 2.9 h a dayFebruary: 3.5 h a dayMarch: 4.3 h a dayApril: 5.0 h a dayMay: 5.3 h a dayJune: 6.6 h a dayJuly: 7.1 h a dayAugust: 6.6 h a daySeptember: 5.2 h a dayOctober: 3.8 h a dayNovember: 2.5 h a dayDecember: 2.5 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:41 to 16:21, and on 21 June from 05:59 to 21:02.

Monthper dayper month
January2.9 h91 h
February3.5 h97 h
March4.3 h134 h
April5.0 h151 h
May5.3 h164 h
June6.6 h197 h
July7.1 h221 h
August6.6 h203 h
September5.2 h155 h
October3.8 h119 h
November2.5 h75 h
December2.5 h78 h

Climate in Lajoux (JU)

7.4 °Cmean temperature
20.9 °CJuly daily high
−3.8 °CJanuary nightly low
1401 mmrain and snow a year
1270 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
962 mabove sea level

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