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Sunshine in Maracon

Maracon (VD) gets about 1940 hours of sunshine a year, 47% of the possible maximum, or 5.3 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 94% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 6 of 300 places in Vaud. That's about 120 hours more than the Vaud average of 1820. Mountains around it block about 30 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1940 hsunshine a year
7.8 ha day in July
2.8 ha day in December
#6 / 300in Vaud

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: 3.3 h a dayFebruary: 4.1 h a dayMarch: 5.1 h a dayApril: 6.0 h a dayMay: 6.4 h a dayJune: 7.4 h a dayJuly: 7.8 h a dayAugust: 7.2 h a daySeptember: 5.9 h a dayOctober: 4.5 h a dayNovember: 3.2 h a dayDecember: 2.8 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:57 to 16:22, and on 21 June from 06:05 to 21:04.

Monthper dayper month
January3.3 h101 h
February4.1 h115 h
March5.1 h159 h
April6.0 h180 h
May6.4 h199 h
June7.4 h222 h
July7.8 h242 h
August7.2 h223 h
September5.9 h178 h
October4.5 h138 h
November3.2 h95 h
December2.8 h86 h

Climate in Maracon

8.7 °Cmean temperature
22.7 °CJuly daily high
−2.7 °CJanuary nightly low
1398 mmrain and snow a year
1364 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
829 mabove sea level

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