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Sunshine in Penthaz

Penthaz (VD) gets about 1830 hours of sunshine a year, 45% of the possible maximum, or 5.0 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 84% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 141 of 300 places in Vaud. That's about 10 hours more than the Vaud average of 1820.

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1830 hsunshine a year
8.2 ha day in July
1.7 ha day in December
#141 / 300in Vaud

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: 2.1 h a dayFebruary: 3.3 h a dayMarch: 5.1 h a dayApril: 6.0 h a dayMay: 6.6 h a dayJune: 7.8 h a dayJuly: 8.2 h a dayAugust: 7.4 h a daySeptember: 5.8 h a dayOctober: 3.8 h a dayNovember: 2.4 h a dayDecember: 1.7 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:47 to 16:20, and on 21 June from 06:17 to 21:02.

Monthper dayper month
January2.1 h66 h
February3.3 h92 h
March5.1 h157 h
April6.0 h181 h
May6.6 h204 h
June7.8 h233 h
July8.2 h253 h
August7.4 h230 h
September5.8 h173 h
October3.8 h118 h
November2.4 h73 h
December1.7 h53 h

Climate in Penthaz

10.7 °Cmean temperature
24.7 °CJuly daily high
−0.1 °CJanuary nightly low
932 mmrain and snow a year
1350 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
478 mabove sea level

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