Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Malters

Malters (LU) gets about 1590 hours of sunshine a year, 41% of the possible maximum, or 4.4 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 19% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 52 of 79 places in Lucerne. Mountains around it block about 90 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1590 hsunshine a year
6.6 ha day in July
1.7 ha day in December
#52 / 79in Lucerne

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: 2.1 h a dayFebruary: 3.2 h a dayMarch: 4.4 h a dayApril: 5.5 h a dayMay: 5.7 h a dayJune: 6.0 h a dayJuly: 6.6 h a dayAugust: 6.4 h a daySeptember: 5.1 h a dayOctober: 3.4 h a dayNovember: 2.1 h a dayDecember: 1.7 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 10:09 to 15:49, and on 21 June from 06:02 to 20:41.

Monthper dayper month
January2.1 h66 h
February3.2 h90 h
March4.4 h136 h
April5.5 h166 h
May5.7 h175 h
June6.0 h180 h
July6.6 h203 h
August6.4 h197 h
September5.1 h152 h
October3.4 h107 h
November2.1 h62 h
December1.7 h53 h

Climate in Malters

9.6 °Cmean temperature
23.9 °CJuly daily high
−2.0 °CJanuary nightly low
1289 mmrain and snow a year
1185 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
512 mabove sea level

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