Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Wald (AR)

Wald (AR) gets about 1710 hours of sunshine a year, 41% of the possible maximum, or 4.7 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 63% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 4 of 20 places in Appenzell Ausserrhoden. That's about 40 hours more than the Appenzell Ausserrhoden average of 1670. Mountains around it block about 30 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1710 hsunshine a year
7.0 ha day in July
2.4 ha day in December
#4 / 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: 2.8 h a dayFebruary: 3.5 h a dayMarch: 4.5 h a dayApril: 5.5 h a dayMay: 5.8 h a dayJune: 6.4 h a dayJuly: 7.0 h a dayAugust: 6.5 h a daySeptember: 5.2 h a dayOctober: 3.8 h a dayNovember: 2.5 h a dayDecember: 2.4 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:38 to 16:11, and on 21 June from 05:49 to 21:00.

Monthper dayper month
January2.8 h88 h
February3.5 h97 h
March4.5 h140 h
April5.5 h165 h
May5.8 h181 h
June6.4 h193 h
July7.0 h218 h
August6.5 h201 h
September5.2 h155 h
October3.8 h119 h
November2.5 h76 h
December2.4 h74 h

Climate in Wald (AR)

8.0 °Cmean temperature
21.1 °CJuly daily high
−2.8 °CJanuary nightly low
1458 mmrain and snow a year
1222 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
964 mabove sea level

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