Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Montfaucon

Montfaucon (JU) gets about 1690 hours of sunshine a year, 41% of the possible maximum, or 4.6 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 59% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 9 of 51 places in Jura. That's about 50 hours more than the Jura average of 1640. Mountains around it block about 20 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1690 hsunshine a year
7.1 ha day in July
2.4 ha day in November
#9 / 51in Jura

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: 3.0 h a dayFebruary: 3.5 h a dayMarch: 4.4 h a dayApril: 5.1 h a dayMay: 5.3 h a dayJune: 6.5 h a dayJuly: 7.1 h a dayAugust: 6.6 h a daySeptember: 5.2 h a dayOctober: 3.9 h a dayNovember: 2.4 h a dayDecember: 2.5 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:41 to 16:22, and on 21 June from 05:59 to 20:47.

Monthper dayper month
January3.0 h92 h
February3.5 h99 h
March4.4 h135 h
April5.1 h153 h
May5.3 h165 h
June6.5 h195 h
July7.1 h219 h
August6.6 h205 h
September5.2 h157 h
October3.9 h120 h
November2.4 h73 h
December2.5 h79 h

Climate in Montfaucon

7.2 °Cmean temperature
20.6 °CJuly daily high
−4.7 °CJanuary nightly low
1422 mmrain and snow a year
1271 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
998 mabove sea level

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