Swiss Sun

Sunshine in St. Ursen

St. Ursen (FR) gets about 1860 hours of sunshine a year, 45% of the possible maximum, or 5.1 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 86% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 20 of 120 places in Fribourg. That's about 50 hours more than the Fribourg average of 1800.

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1860 hsunshine a year
7.8 ha day in July
2.3 ha day in December
#20 / 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: 2.6 h a dayFebruary: 3.7 h a dayMarch: 5.0 h a dayApril: 5.9 h a dayMay: 6.3 h a dayJune: 7.2 h a dayJuly: 7.8 h a dayAugust: 7.3 h a daySeptember: 5.8 h a dayOctober: 4.1 h a dayNovember: 2.8 h a dayDecember: 2.3 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:48 to 16:19, and on 21 June from 06:04 to 21:03.

Monthper dayper month
January2.6 h82 h
February3.7 h105 h
March5.0 h156 h
April5.9 h177 h
May6.3 h195 h
June7.2 h217 h
July7.8 h243 h
August7.3 h228 h
September5.8 h175 h
October4.1 h128 h
November2.8 h83 h
December2.3 h70 h

Climate in St. Ursen

8.9 °Cmean temperature
23.4 °CJuly daily high
−2.7 °CJanuary nightly low
1106 mmrain and snow a year
1300 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
704 mabove sea level

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