Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Matran

Matran (FR) gets about 1820 hours of sunshine a year, 44% of the possible maximum, or 5.0 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 82% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 52 of 120 places in Fribourg. That's about 10 hours more than the Fribourg average of 1800. Mountains around it block about 20 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1820 hsunshine a year
7.7 ha day in July
2.0 ha day in December
#52 / 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: 2.4 h a dayFebruary: 3.6 h a dayMarch: 4.9 h a dayApril: 5.8 h a dayMay: 6.2 h a dayJune: 7.3 h a dayJuly: 7.7 h a dayAugust: 7.3 h a daySeptember: 5.8 h a dayOctober: 4.0 h a dayNovember: 2.6 h a dayDecember: 2.0 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:47 to 16:19, and on 21 June from 06:07 to 20:40.

Monthper dayper month
January2.4 h75 h
February3.6 h102 h
March4.9 h152 h
April5.8 h173 h
May6.2 h191 h
June7.3 h218 h
July7.7 h240 h
August7.3 h226 h
September5.8 h175 h
October4.0 h123 h
November2.6 h78 h
December2.0 h63 h

Climate in Matran

9.3 °Cmean temperature
24.2 °CJuly daily high
−2.5 °CJanuary nightly low
1038 mmrain and snow a year
1301 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
600 mabove sea level

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