Sunshine in Richterswil

Richterswil (ZH) gets about 1640 hours of sunshine a year, 42% of the possible maximum, or 4.5 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 40% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 88 of 160 places in Zurich. Mountains around it block about 70 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1640 hsunshine a year

7.2 ha day in July

1.4 ha day in December

#88 / 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.

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 09:02 to 15:26, and on 21 June from 06:00 to 20:28.

Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 41 min earlier than over a flat horizon (December).

Month	per day	per month
January	1.8 h	55 h
February	3.0 h	85 h
March	4.5 h	140 h
April	5.8 h	175 h
May	6.1 h	188 h
June	6.8 h	204 h
July	7.2 h	222 h
August	6.7 h	209 h
September	5.2 h	157 h
October	3.4 h	105 h
November	1.9 h	56 h
December	1.4 h	43 h

Climate in Richterswil

10.1 °Cmean temperature

24.6 °CJuly daily high

−1.3 °CJanuary nightly low

1288 mmrain and snow a year

1166 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

425 mabove sea level

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Nearby

Wollerau 1660 h
Feusisberg 1630 h
Wädenswil 1660 h
Stäfa 1680 h

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