Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Mönchaltorf

Mönchaltorf (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 63% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 9 of 160 places in Zurich. That's about 60 hours more than the Zurich average of 1640.

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1700 hsunshine a year
7.6 ha day in July
1.4 ha day in December
#9 / 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.

0h5h10h15hJanuary: 1.8 h a dayFebruary: 3.0 h a dayMarch: 4.5 h a dayApril: 5.9 h a dayMay: 6.1 h a dayJune: 7.2 h a dayJuly: 7.6 h a dayAugust: 7.1 h a daySeptember: 5.5 h a dayOctober: 3.6 h a dayNovember: 2.3 h a dayDecember: 1.4 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:43 to 16:03, and on 21 June from 06:00 to 20:55.

Monthper dayper month
January1.8 h57 h
February3.0 h85 h
March4.5 h140 h
April5.9 h176 h
May6.1 h190 h
June7.2 h215 h
July7.6 h235 h
August7.1 h220 h
September5.5 h164 h
October3.6 h111 h
November2.3 h68 h
December1.4 h45 h

Climate in Mönchaltorf

10.0 °Cmean temperature
24.9 °CJuly daily high
−1.6 °CJanuary nightly low
1246 mmrain and snow a year
1237 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
444 mabove sea level

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