Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Le Châtelard

Le Châtelard (FR) gets about 1800 hours of sunshine a year, 45% of the possible maximum, or 4.9 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 79% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 69 of 120 places in Fribourg. Mountains around it block about 60 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1800 hsunshine a year
7.4 ha day in July
2.4 ha day in December
#69 / 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: 3.8 h a dayMarch: 4.9 h a dayApril: 5.7 h a dayMay: 6.0 h a dayJune: 7.0 h a dayJuly: 7.4 h a dayAugust: 7.0 h a daySeptember: 5.6 h a dayOctober: 3.9 h a dayNovember: 2.6 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 08:53 to 16:23, and on 21 June from 06:30 to 21:06.

Monthper dayper month
January2.8 h87 h
February3.8 h106 h
March4.9 h153 h
April5.7 h170 h
May6.0 h186 h
June7.0 h209 h
July7.4 h230 h
August7.0 h216 h
September5.6 h169 h
October3.9 h122 h
November2.6 h78 h
December2.4 h74 h

Climate in Le Châtelard

8.1 °Cmean temperature
22.5 °CJuly daily high
−3.5 °CJanuary nightly low
1297 mmrain and snow a year
1349 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
906 mabove sea level

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