Sunshine in Tenero-Contra

Tenero-Contra (TI) gets about 2160 hours of sunshine a year, 57% of the possible maximum, or 5.9 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 99% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 18 of 101 places in Ticino. That's about 280 hours more than the Ticino average of 1880. Mountains around it block about 150 hours a year, already taken into account.

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2160 hsunshine a year

8.1 ha day in July

3.8 ha day in November

#18 / 101in Ticino

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 08:49 to 16:09, and on 21 June from 06:59 to 19:45.

Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 1h 03m earlier than over a flat horizon (June).
Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 54 min later than over a flat horizon (June).

Month	per day	per month
January	4.7 h	144 h
February	5.5 h	154 h
March	6.3 h	196 h
April	6.2 h	186 h
May	6.3 h	196 h
June	7.4 h	221 h
July	8.1 h	250 h
August	7.6 h	235 h
September	6.4 h	191 h
October	4.7 h	145 h
November	3.8 h	114 h
December	4.1 h	128 h

Climate in Tenero-Contra

12.6 °Cmean temperature

27.7 °CJuly daily high

0.1 °CJanuary nightly low

1738 mmrain and snow a year

1369 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

214 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Ticino

Neggio 2160 h
Vacallo 2160 h
Vernate 2170 h
Muzzano 2170 h

Nearby

Gordola 2130 h
Brione sopra Minusio 2140 h
Minusio 2140 h
Lavertezzo 2090 h

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