Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Vacallo

Vacallo (TI) gets about 2160 hours of sunshine a year, 55% 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 19 of 101 places in Ticino. That's about 280 hours more than the Ticino average of 1880. Mountains around it block about 100 hours a year, already taken into account.

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2160 hsunshine a year
8.3 ha day in July
3.8 ha day in November
#19 / 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.

0h5h10h15hJanuary: 4.7 h a dayFebruary: 5.4 h a dayMarch: 6.3 h a dayApril: 6.0 h a dayMay: 6.3 h a dayJune: 7.4 h a dayJuly: 8.3 h a dayAugust: 7.7 h a daySeptember: 6.1 h a dayOctober: 4.6 h a dayNovember: 3.8 h a dayDecember: 4.1 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:36 to 16:11, and on 21 June from 07:13 to 20:29.

Monthper dayper month
January4.7 h147 h
February5.4 h151 h
March6.3 h194 h
April6.0 h181 h
May6.3 h196 h
June7.4 h222 h
July8.3 h258 h
August7.7 h239 h
September6.1 h184 h
October4.6 h143 h
November3.8 h115 h
December4.1 h126 h

Climate in Vacallo

11.8 °Cmean temperature
27.9 °CJuly daily high
−2.6 °CJanuary nightly low
1598 mmrain and snow a year
1412 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
339 mabove sea level

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