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Sunshine in Schmerikon

Schmerikon (SG) gets about 1760 hours of sunshine a year, 44% of the possible maximum, or 4.8 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 73% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 6 of 75 places in St. Gallen. That's about 110 hours more than the St. Gallen average of 1650. Mountains around it block about 40 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1760 hsunshine a year
7.2 ha day in July
2.0 ha day in December
#6 / 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.

0h5h10h15hJanuary: 2.4 h a dayFebruary: 3.4 h a dayMarch: 4.7 h a dayApril: 6.0 h a dayMay: 6.1 h a dayJune: 6.7 h a dayJuly: 7.2 h a dayAugust: 6.9 h a daySeptember: 5.7 h a dayOctober: 4.1 h a dayNovember: 2.7 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 08:42 to 16:04, and on 21 June from 06:18 to 20:29.

Monthper dayper month
January2.4 h75 h
February3.4 h95 h
March4.7 h147 h
April6.0 h180 h
May6.1 h190 h
June6.7 h202 h
July7.2 h222 h
August6.9 h214 h
September5.7 h170 h
October4.1 h127 h
November2.7 h82 h
December2.0 h62 h

Climate in Schmerikon

10.0 °Cmean temperature
24.4 °CJuly daily high
−1.6 °CJanuary nightly low
1553 mmrain and snow a year
1220 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
412 mabove sea level

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