Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Monteceneri

Monteceneri (TI) gets about 1650 hours of sunshine a year, 54% of the possible maximum, or 4.5 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 46% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 77 of 101 places in Ticino. That's about 230 hours less than the Ticino average of 1880. Mountains around it block about 570 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1650 hsunshine a year
7.4 ha day in July
2.4 ha day in December
#77 / 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.

0h5h10h15hJanuary: 2.9 h a dayFebruary: 3.8 h a dayMarch: 4.3 h a dayApril: 4.6 h a dayMay: 5.5 h a dayJune: 6.7 h a dayJuly: 7.4 h a dayAugust: 6.4 h a daySeptember: 4.5 h a dayOctober: 3.3 h a dayNovember: 2.5 h a dayDecember: 2.4 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 11:02 to 15:20, and on 21 June from 06:46 to 19:24.

Monthper dayper month
January2.9 h89 h
February3.8 h107 h
March4.3 h134 h
April4.6 h138 h
May5.5 h170 h
June6.7 h201 h
July7.4 h229 h
August6.4 h198 h
September4.5 h134 h
October3.3 h103 h
November2.5 h76 h
December2.4 h75 h

Climate in Monteceneri

11.4 °Cmean temperature
26.4 °CJuly daily high
−1.1 °CJanuary nightly low
1909 mmrain and snow a year
1362 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
443 mabove sea level

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