Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Paradiso

Paradiso (TI) gets about 2010 hours of sunshine a year, 56% of the possible maximum, or 5.5 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 97% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 48 of 101 places in Ticino. That's about 130 hours more than the Ticino average of 1880. Mountains around it block about 280 hours a year, already taken into account.

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2010 hsunshine a year
9.0 ha day in July
2.2 ha day in December
#48 / 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: 2.6 h a dayFebruary: 4.3 h a dayMarch: 5.9 h a dayApril: 6.0 h a dayMay: 6.8 h a dayJune: 8.2 h a dayJuly: 9.0 h a dayAugust: 8.1 h a daySeptember: 6.0 h a dayOctober: 4.2 h a dayNovember: 2.4 h a dayDecember: 2.2 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 11:54 to 15:58, and on 21 June from 06:15 to 20:18.

Monthper dayper month
January2.6 h82 h
February4.3 h121 h
March5.9 h183 h
April6.0 h181 h
May6.8 h210 h
June8.2 h246 h
July9.0 h281 h
August8.1 h252 h
September6.0 h181 h
October4.2 h131 h
November2.4 h72 h
December2.2 h68 h

Climate in Paradiso

12.6 °Cmean temperature
27.0 °CJuly daily high
0.7 °CJanuary nightly low
1630 mmrain and snow a year
1409 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
295 mabove sea level

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