Sunshine in Neuchâtel

Neuchâtel (NE) gets about 1730 hours of sunshine a year, 43% of the possible maximum, or 4.7 hours a day on average. That makes it number 24 of 60 Swiss towns we compare. Mountains around it block about 60 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1730 hsunshine a year

7.9 ha day in July

1.4 ha day in December

#24 / 60sunniest towns

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 town centre, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:47 to 16:16, and on 21 June from 06:07 to 20:10.

Month	per day	per month
January	1.8 h	56 h
February	3.2 h	88 h
March	4.7 h	145 h
April	5.9 h	176 h
May	6.3 h	196 h
June	7.5 h	225 h
July	7.9 h	245 h
August	7.3 h	226 h
September	5.5 h	165 h
October	3.4 h	105 h
November	2.0 h	59 h
December	1.4 h	44 h

Climate in Neuchâtel

10.2 °Cmean temperature

24.8 °CJuly daily high

-0.9 °CJanuary nightly low

1057 mmrain and snow a year

1274 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

481 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine

Chur 1730 h
Interlaken 1736 h
La Chaux-de-Fonds 1737 h
Basel 1721 h

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