Sunshine in Riviera

Riviera (TI) gets about 1390 hours of sunshine a year, 52% of the possible maximum, or 3.8 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 3% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 95 of 101 places in Ticino. That's about 490 hours less than the Ticino average of 1880. Mountains around it block about 740 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1390 hsunshine a year

5.2 ha day in July

2.5 ha day in November

#95 / 101in Ticino

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 09:27 to 13:58, and on 21 June from 09:08 to 19:02.

Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 3h 04m later than over a flat horizon (June).
Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 2h 13m earlier than over a flat horizon (January).

Month	per day	per month
January	2.9 h	90 h
February	3.8 h	106 h
March	4.0 h	125 h
April	3.9 h	118 h
May	4.1 h	127 h
June	4.8 h	144 h
July	5.2 h	162 h
August	4.7 h	145 h
September	4.0 h	119 h
October	3.1 h	97 h
November	2.5 h	74 h
December	2.5 h	77 h

Climate in Riviera

10.9 °Cmean temperature

26.6 °CJuly daily high

−1.8 °CJanuary nightly low

1524 mmrain and snow a year

1313 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

276 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Ticino

Serravalle 1390 h
Blenio 1390 h
Biasca 1360 h
Acquarossa 1350 h

Nearby

Biasca 1360 h
Pollegio 1420 h
Personico 1140 h
Calanca 1190 h

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