Swiss SunSunshine in Opfikon
Opfikon (ZH) gets about 1670 hours of sunshine a year, 41% of the possible maximum, or 4.6 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 52% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 34 of 160 places in Zurich. That's about 30 hours more than the Zurich average of 1640.
Explore Opfikon on the sunshine map1670 hsunshine a year
7.6 ha day in July
1.3 ha day in December
#34 / 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.
Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:44 to 16:07, and on 21 June from 06:00 to 20:55.
| Month | per day | per month |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1.7 h | 54 h |
| February | 3.0 h | 83 h |
| March | 4.4 h | 137 h |
| April | 5.8 h | 175 h |
| May | 6.3 h | 194 h |
| June | 7.2 h | 215 h |
| July | 7.6 h | 236 h |
| August | 7.0 h | 217 h |
| September | 5.4 h | 161 h |
| October | 3.3 h | 101 h |
| November | 1.9 h | 57 h |
| December | 1.3 h | 42 h |
Climate in Opfikon
9.8 °Cmean temperature
24.9 °CJuly daily high
−2.0 °CJanuary nightly low
1095 mmrain and snow a year
1215 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
446 mabove sea level
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- Wallisellen 1680 h
- Kloten 1660 h
- Dietlikon 1670 h
- Bassersdorf 1660 h
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