Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Rheineck

Rheineck (SG) gets about 1680 hours of sunshine a year, 42% of the possible maximum, or 4.6 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 54% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 22 of 75 places in St. Gallen. That's about 30 hours more than the St. Gallen average of 1650. Mountains around it block about 30 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1680 hsunshine a year
7.2 ha day in July
1.5 ha day in December
#22 / 75in St. Gallen

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: 2.0 h a dayFebruary: 3.1 h a dayMarch: 4.6 h a dayApril: 5.9 h a dayMay: 6.3 h a dayJune: 6.7 h a dayJuly: 7.2 h a dayAugust: 6.8 h a daySeptember: 5.3 h a dayOctober: 3.5 h a dayNovember: 2.1 h a dayDecember: 1.5 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:56 to 15:19, and on 21 June from 05:55 to 20:43.

Monthper dayper month
January2.0 h63 h
February3.1 h86 h
March4.6 h141 h
April5.9 h178 h
May6.3 h195 h
June6.7 h200 h
July7.2 h224 h
August6.8 h211 h
September5.3 h160 h
October3.5 h109 h
November2.1 h62 h
December1.5 h47 h

Climate in Rheineck

10.2 °Cmean temperature
24.1 °CJuly daily high
−1.5 °CJanuary nightly low
1233 mmrain and snow a year
1216 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
400 mabove sea level

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