Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Schenkon

Schenkon (LU) gets about 1640 hours of sunshine a year, 40% of the possible maximum, or 4.5 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 42% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 15 of 79 places in Lucerne. That's about 50 hours more than the Lucerne average of 1600.

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1640 hsunshine a year
7.2 ha day in July
1.5 ha day in December
#15 / 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: 3.1 h a dayMarch: 4.6 h a dayApril: 5.7 h a dayMay: 5.9 h a dayJune: 6.7 h a dayJuly: 7.2 h a dayAugust: 6.7 h a daySeptember: 5.2 h a dayOctober: 3.3 h a dayNovember: 2.0 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 08:41 to 16:12, and on 21 June from 06:14 to 20:59.

Monthper dayper month
January1.9 h59 h
February3.1 h87 h
March4.6 h144 h
April5.7 h170 h
May5.9 h183 h
June6.7 h201 h
July7.2 h224 h
August6.7 h208 h
September5.2 h155 h
October3.3 h104 h
November2.0 h61 h
December1.5 h48 h

Climate in Schenkon

9.5 °Cmean temperature
24.5 °CJuly daily high
−2.0 °CJanuary nightly low
1123 mmrain and snow a year
1247 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
593 mabove sea level

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