Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Saignelégier

Saignelégier (JU) gets about 1720 hours of sunshine a year, 41% of the possible maximum, or 4.7 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 66% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 3 of 51 places in Jura. That's about 80 hours more than the Jura average of 1640.

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1720 hsunshine a year
7.2 ha day in July
2.5 ha day in November
#3 / 51in Jura

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: 3.0 h a dayFebruary: 3.6 h a dayMarch: 4.4 h a dayApril: 5.2 h a dayMay: 5.5 h a dayJune: 6.6 h a dayJuly: 7.2 h a dayAugust: 6.7 h a daySeptember: 5.3 h a dayOctober: 3.9 h a dayNovember: 2.5 h a dayDecember: 2.6 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:41 to 16:22, and on 21 June from 06:00 to 21:09.

Monthper dayper month
January3.0 h94 h
February3.6 h100 h
March4.4 h135 h
April5.2 h155 h
May5.5 h170 h
June6.6 h199 h
July7.2 h223 h
August6.7 h208 h
September5.3 h160 h
October3.9 h122 h
November2.5 h76 h
December2.6 h81 h

Climate in Saignelégier

7.0 °Cmean temperature
20.4 °CJuly daily high
−5.0 °CJanuary nightly low
1475 mmrain and snow a year
1242 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
985 mabove sea level

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