Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Rothenburg

Rothenburg (LU) gets about 1650 hours of sunshine a year, 40% of the possible maximum, or 4.5 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 45% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 4 of 79 places in Lucerne. That's about 60 hours more than the Lucerne average of 1600.

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1650 hsunshine a year
7.1 ha day in July
1.5 ha day in December
#4 / 79in Lucerne

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: 1.9 h a dayFebruary: 3.2 h a dayMarch: 4.7 h a dayApril: 5.7 h a dayMay: 5.9 h a dayJune: 6.5 h a dayJuly: 7.1 h a dayAugust: 6.7 h a daySeptember: 5.2 h a dayOctober: 3.6 h a dayNovember: 2.3 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 08:42 to 16:11, and on 21 June from 06:01 to 20:56.

Monthper dayper month
January1.9 h58 h
February3.2 h89 h
March4.7 h145 h
April5.7 h171 h
May5.9 h182 h
June6.5 h196 h
July7.1 h220 h
August6.7 h207 h
September5.2 h157 h
October3.6 h112 h
November2.3 h68 h
December1.5 h46 h

Climate in Rothenburg

9.9 °Cmean temperature
24.7 °CJuly daily high
−1.7 °CJanuary nightly low
1171 mmrain and snow a year
1213 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
507 mabove sea level

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