Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Rafz

Rafz (ZH) gets about 1620 hours of sunshine a year, 40% of the possible maximum, or 4.4 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 30% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 122 of 160 places in Zurich. That's about 20 hours less than the Zurich average of 1640.

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1620 hsunshine a year
7.5 ha day in July
1.1 ha day in December
#122 / 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.

0h5h10h15hJanuary: 1.5 h a dayFebruary: 2.8 h a dayMarch: 4.4 h a dayApril: 5.8 h a dayMay: 6.2 h a dayJune: 7.1 h a dayJuly: 7.5 h a dayAugust: 7.0 h a daySeptember: 5.3 h a dayOctober: 2.9 h a dayNovember: 1.5 h a dayDecember: 1.1 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:45 to 16:06, and on 21 June from 06:22 to 20:52.

Monthper dayper month
January1.5 h45 h
February2.8 h79 h
March4.4 h136 h
April5.8 h175 h
May6.2 h193 h
June7.1 h212 h
July7.5 h233 h
August7.0 h217 h
September5.3 h159 h
October2.9 h89 h
November1.5 h45 h
December1.1 h35 h

Climate in Rafz

9.6 °Cmean temperature
25.0 °CJuly daily high
−2.1 °CJanuary nightly low
1012 mmrain and snow a year
1238 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
417 mabove sea level

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