Sunshine in Menznau

Menznau (LU) gets about 1490 hours of sunshine a year, 40% of the possible maximum, or 4.1 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 7% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 75 of 79 places in Lucerne. That's about 100 hours less than the Lucerne average of 1600. Mountains around it block about 160 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1490 hsunshine a year

6.3 ha day in July

1.7 ha day in December

#75 / 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.

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:49 to 15:25, and on 21 June from 06:50 to 20:13.

Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 50 min later than over a flat horizon (June).
Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 48 min earlier than over a flat horizon (May).

Month	per day	per month
January	2.1 h	65 h
February	3.0 h	85 h
March	4.2 h	131 h
April	5.0 h	149 h
May	5.1 h	157 h
June	5.8 h	174 h
July	6.3 h	195 h
August	6.0 h	185 h
September	4.8 h	143 h
October	3.1 h	98 h
November	1.9 h	58 h
December	1.7 h	53 h

Climate in Menznau

9.1 °Cmean temperature

23.6 °CJuly daily high

−2.5 °CJanuary nightly low

1181 mmrain and snow a year

1213 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

594 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Lucerne

Root 1500 h
Schüpfheim 1510 h
Luthern 1470 h
Wikon 1520 h

Nearby

Wolhusen 1440 h
Grosswangen 1640 h
Buttisholz 1640 h
Willisau 1610 h

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