Swiss SunSunshine in Silenen
Silenen (UR) gets about 1110 hours of sunshine a year, 46% of the possible maximum, or 3.0 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 0% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 16 of 19 places in Uri. That's about 160 hours less than the Uri average of 1270. Mountains around it block about 790 hours a year, already taken into account.
Explore Silenen on the sunshine map1110 hsunshine a year
4.3 ha day in July
1.5 ha day in December
#16 / 19in Uri
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 10:12 to 14:27, and on 21 June from 09:14 to 18:39.
- Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 3h 13m later than over a flat horizon (June).
- Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 2h 36m earlier than over a flat horizon (March).
| Month | per day | per month |
|---|---|---|
| January | 2.1 h | 65 h |
| February | 2.5 h | 70 h |
| March | 2.8 h | 87 h |
| April | 3.5 h | 104 h |
| May | 3.7 h | 114 h |
| June | 4.1 h | 123 h |
| July | 4.3 h | 135 h |
| August | 4.2 h | 130 h |
| September | 3.3 h | 99 h |
| October | 2.6 h | 82 h |
| November | 1.9 h | 57 h |
| December | 1.5 h | 47 h |
Climate in Silenen
8.6 °Cmean temperature
22.5 °CJuly daily high
−3.2 °CJanuary nightly low
1414 mmrain and snow a year
1097 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
540 mabove sea level
Similar sunshine in Uri
Nearby
- Erstfeld 1200 h
- Gurtnellen 960 h
- Schattdorf 1350 h
- Attinghausen 1370 h
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