Sunshine in Minusio

Minusio (TI) gets about 2140 hours of sunshine a year, 57% of the possible maximum, or 5.9 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 98% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 27 of 101 places in Ticino. That's about 260 hours more than the Ticino average of 1880. Mountains around it block about 200 hours a year, already taken into account.

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2140 hsunshine a year

8.1 ha day in July

3.7 ha day in November

#27 / 101in Ticino

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 09:30 to 16:07, and on 21 June from 06:45 to 19:25.

Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 1h 24m earlier than over a flat horizon (June).
Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 51 min later than over a flat horizon (December).

Month	per day	per month
January	4.4 h	136 h
February	5.4 h	152 h
March	6.3 h	196 h
April	6.2 h	187 h
May	6.4 h	198 h
June	7.4 h	222 h
July	8.1 h	251 h
August	7.6 h	236 h
September	6.4 h	191 h
October	4.6 h	144 h
November	3.7 h	110 h
December	3.7 h	116 h

Climate in Minusio

12.6 °Cmean temperature

28.4 °CJuly daily high

−1.7 °CJanuary nightly low

1782 mmrain and snow a year

1361 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

252 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Ticino

Losone 2130 h
Cureglia 2130 h
Orselina 2130 h
Magliaso 2140 h

Nearby

Muralto 2140 h
Brione sopra Minusio 2140 h
Orselina 2130 h
Locarno 2200 h

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