Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Sattel

Sattel (SZ) gets about 1590 hours of sunshine a year, 43% of the possible maximum, or 4.4 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 19% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 18 of 30 places in Schwyz. Mountains around it block about 190 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1590 hsunshine a year
6.4 ha day in July
2.0 ha day in December
#18 / 30in Schwyz

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: 2.5 h a dayFebruary: 3.5 h a dayMarch: 4.4 h a dayApril: 5.2 h a dayMay: 5.2 h a dayJune: 6.1 h a dayJuly: 6.4 h a dayAugust: 6.0 h a daySeptember: 4.9 h a dayOctober: 3.7 h a dayNovember: 2.3 h a dayDecember: 2.0 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 10:26 to 16:17, and on 21 June from 06:23 to 20:45.

Monthper dayper month
January2.5 h78 h
February3.5 h97 h
March4.4 h136 h
April5.2 h156 h
May5.2 h162 h
June6.1 h184 h
July6.4 h198 h
August6.0 h185 h
September4.9 h147 h
October3.7 h115 h
November2.3 h70 h
December2.0 h63 h

Climate in Sattel

6.7 °Cmean temperature
20.3 °CJuly daily high
−4.8 °CJanuary nightly low
1834 mmrain and snow a year
1232 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
1076 mabove sea level

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