Sunshine in Schänis

Schänis (SG) gets about 1490 hours of sunshine a year, 46% of the possible maximum, or 4.1 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 7% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 73 of 75 places in St. Gallen. That's about 150 hours less than the St. Gallen average of 1650. Mountains around it block about 360 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1490 hsunshine a year

6.2 ha day in July

1.6 ha day in December

#73 / 75in St. Gallen

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 09:37 to 14:37, and on 21 June from 08:14 to 20:52.

Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 2h 17m later than over a flat horizon (May).
Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 1h 29m earlier than over a flat horizon (December).

Month	per day	per month
January	1.9 h	59 h
February	2.8 h	79 h
March	4.0 h	123 h
April	5.1 h	154 h
May	5.3 h	165 h
June	6.0 h	179 h
July	6.2 h	193 h
August	5.8 h	180 h
September	4.8 h	144 h
October	3.4 h	107 h
November	2.1 h	63 h
December	1.6 h	48 h

Climate in Schänis

9.9 °Cmean temperature

24.3 °CJuly daily high

−2.0 °CJanuary nightly low

1572 mmrain and snow a year

1194 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

422 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in St. Gallen

Sevelen 1540 h
Lichtensteig 1540 h
Wattwil 1560 h
Eggersriet 1570 h

Nearby

Glarus Nord 1520 h
Weesen 1670 h
Benken (SG) 1760 h
Reichenburg 1700 h

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