Swiss SunSunshine in Plaffeien
Plaffeien (FR) gets about 1810 hours of sunshine a year, 46% of the possible maximum, or 5.0 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 81% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 56 of 120 places in Fribourg. Mountains around it block about 90 hours a year, already taken into account.
Explore Plaffeien on the sunshine map1810 hsunshine a year
7.4 ha day in July
2.7 ha day in December
#56 / 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.
Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 09:05 to 16:11, and on 21 June from 06:05 to 20:28.
- Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 36 min earlier than over a flat horizon (June).
- Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 32 min later than over a flat horizon (February).
| Month | per day | per month |
|---|---|---|
| January | 3.1 h | 95 h |
| February | 3.9 h | 109 h |
| March | 4.8 h | 148 h |
| April | 5.5 h | 165 h |
| May | 5.8 h | 179 h |
| June | 6.8 h | 204 h |
| July | 7.4 h | 230 h |
| August | 7.0 h | 218 h |
| September | 5.6 h | 167 h |
| October | 4.2 h | 129 h |
| November | 2.9 h | 86 h |
| December | 2.7 h | 82 h |
Climate in Plaffeien
8.2 °Cmean temperature
21.8 °CJuly daily high
−3.1 °CJanuary nightly low
1305 mmrain and snow a year
1272 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
850 mabove sea level
Similar sunshine in Fribourg
- La Sonnaz 1810 h
- Gibloux 1810 h
- Villorsonnens 1810 h
- Grangettes 1810 h
Nearby
- Brünisried 1840 h
- Plasselb 1800 h
- Rechthalten 1870 h
- St. Silvester 1870 h
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