Swiss SunSunshine in Meilen
Meilen (ZH) gets about 1700 hours of sunshine a year, 42% of the possible maximum, or 4.7 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 61% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 12 of 160 places in Zurich. That's about 60 hours more than the Zurich average of 1640.
Explore Meilen on the sunshine map1700 hsunshine a year
7.5 ha day in July
1.5 ha day in December
#12 / 160in Zurich
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.
Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:41 to 16:07, and on 21 June from 06:12 to 20:56.
| Month | per day | per month |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1.9 h | 58 h |
| February | 3.1 h | 87 h |
| March | 4.6 h | 142 h |
| April | 5.9 h | 176 h |
| May | 6.1 h | 189 h |
| June | 7.1 h | 212 h |
| July | 7.5 h | 233 h |
| August | 7.0 h | 218 h |
| September | 5.4 h | 163 h |
| October | 3.6 h | 110 h |
| November | 2.2 h | 66 h |
| December | 1.5 h | 46 h |
Climate in Meilen
10.0 °Cmean temperature
24.7 °CJuly daily high
−1.5 °CJanuary nightly low
1309 mmrain and snow a year
1226 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
459 mabove sea level
Similar sunshine in Zurich
- Hinwil 1700 h
- Uster 1700 h
- Pfäffikon 1700 h
- Oetwil am See 1700 h
Nearby
- Herrliberg 1660 h
- Erlenbach (ZH) 1590 h
- Horgen 1660 h
- Oberrieden 1660 h
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