Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Vechigen

Vechigen (BE) gets about 1770 hours of sunshine a year, 44% of the possible maximum, or 4.8 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 74% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 54 of 334 places in Bern. That's about 100 hours more than the Bern average of 1670. Mountains around it block about 40 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1770 hsunshine a year
7.5 ha day in July
2.1 ha day in December
#54 / 334in Bern

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: 2.5 h a dayFebruary: 3.5 h a dayMarch: 4.8 h a dayApril: 5.8 h a dayMay: 6.0 h a dayJune: 6.9 h a dayJuly: 7.5 h a dayAugust: 7.1 h a daySeptember: 5.6 h a dayOctober: 3.9 h a dayNovember: 2.5 h a dayDecember: 2.1 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:43 to 16:16, and on 21 June from 06:22 to 20:37.

Monthper dayper month
January2.5 h76 h
February3.5 h99 h
March4.8 h149 h
April5.8 h173 h
May6.0 h185 h
June6.9 h207 h
July7.5 h231 h
August7.1 h221 h
September5.6 h169 h
October3.9 h120 h
November2.5 h75 h
December2.1 h64 h

Climate in Vechigen

9.0 °Cmean temperature
24.2 °CJuly daily high
−3.1 °CJanuary nightly low
1180 mmrain and snow a year
1292 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
628 mabove sea level

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