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Sunshine in Stein (AR)

Stein (AR) gets about 1700 hours of sunshine a year, 41% of the possible maximum, or 4.7 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 62% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 5 of 20 places in Appenzell Ausserrhoden. That's about 30 hours more than the Appenzell Ausserrhoden average of 1670.

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1700 hsunshine a year
7.1 ha day in July
2.2 ha day in December
#5 / 20in Appenzell Ausserrhoden

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: 3.4 h a dayMarch: 4.7 h a dayApril: 5.5 h a dayMay: 5.7 h a dayJune: 6.6 h a dayJuly: 7.1 h a dayAugust: 6.7 h a daySeptember: 5.3 h a dayOctober: 3.7 h a dayNovember: 2.3 h a dayDecember: 2.2 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:54 to 16:09, and on 21 June from 05:52 to 20:57.

Monthper dayper month
January2.6 h81 h
February3.4 h96 h
March4.7 h144 h
April5.5 h166 h
May5.7 h177 h
June6.6 h198 h
July7.1 h221 h
August6.7 h208 h
September5.3 h160 h
October3.7 h115 h
November2.3 h70 h
December2.2 h67 h

Climate in Stein (AR)

8.5 °Cmean temperature
21.7 °CJuly daily high
−2.5 °CJanuary nightly low
1454 mmrain and snow a year
1205 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
817 mabove sea level

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