Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Sorens

Sorens (FR) gets about 1840 hours of sunshine a year, 46% of the possible maximum, or 5.0 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 84% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 38 of 120 places in Fribourg. That's about 30 hours more than the Fribourg average of 1800. Mountains around it block about 70 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1840 hsunshine a year
7.7 ha day in July
2.4 ha day in December
#38 / 120in Fribourg

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: 2.8 h a dayFebruary: 3.8 h a dayMarch: 4.8 h a dayApril: 5.7 h a dayMay: 6.0 h a dayJune: 7.2 h a dayJuly: 7.7 h a dayAugust: 7.2 h a daySeptember: 5.8 h a dayOctober: 4.2 h a dayNovember: 2.9 h a dayDecember: 2.4 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:53 to 16:16, and on 21 June from 06:03 to 20:34.

Monthper dayper month
January2.8 h86 h
February3.8 h105 h
March4.8 h150 h
April5.7 h170 h
May6.0 h188 h
June7.2 h215 h
July7.7 h238 h
August7.2 h222 h
September5.8 h173 h
October4.2 h129 h
November2.9 h86 h
December2.4 h74 h

Climate in Sorens

8.6 °Cmean temperature
23.3 °CJuly daily high
−3.0 °CJanuary nightly low
1226 mmrain and snow a year
1330 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
796 mabove sea level

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