Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Murten

Murten (FR) gets about 1780 hours of sunshine a year, 43% of the possible maximum, or 4.9 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 75% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 92 of 120 places in Fribourg. That's about 30 hours less than the Fribourg average of 1800.

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1780 hsunshine a year
8.1 ha day in July
1.3 ha day in December
#92 / 120in Fribourg

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: 1.6 h a dayFebruary: 3.1 h a dayMarch: 4.9 h a dayApril: 6.1 h a dayMay: 6.6 h a dayJune: 7.6 h a dayJuly: 8.1 h a dayAugust: 7.5 h a daySeptember: 5.7 h a dayOctober: 3.6 h a dayNovember: 2.2 h a dayDecember: 1.3 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:47 to 16:16, and on 21 June from 06:06 to 21:01.

Monthper dayper month
January1.6 h51 h
February3.1 h88 h
March4.9 h152 h
April6.1 h182 h
May6.6 h205 h
June7.6 h229 h
July8.1 h251 h
August7.5 h231 h
September5.7 h171 h
October3.6 h112 h
November2.2 h66 h
December1.3 h40 h

Climate in Murten

10.4 °Cmean temperature
25.5 °CJuly daily high
−1.1 °CJanuary nightly low
978 mmrain and snow a year
1267 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
453 mabove sea level

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