Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Waldkirch

Waldkirch (SG) gets about 1610 hours of sunshine a year, 40% of the possible maximum, or 4.4 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 26% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 63 of 75 places in St. Gallen. That's about 40 hours less than the St. Gallen average of 1650.

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1610 hsunshine a year
7.3 ha day in July
1.3 ha day in December
#63 / 75in St. Gallen

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: 1.7 h a dayFebruary: 2.8 h a dayMarch: 4.6 h a dayApril: 5.8 h a dayMay: 6.2 h a dayJune: 6.7 h a dayJuly: 7.3 h a dayAugust: 6.8 h a daySeptember: 5.1 h a dayOctober: 3.0 h a dayNovember: 1.6 h a dayDecember: 1.3 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 09:18 to 16:06, and on 21 June from 05:54 to 20:55.

Monthper dayper month
January1.7 h52 h
February2.8 h77 h
March4.6 h142 h
April5.8 h175 h
May6.2 h192 h
June6.7 h201 h
July7.3 h225 h
August6.8 h210 h
September5.1 h153 h
October3.0 h94 h
November1.6 h49 h
December1.3 h39 h

Climate in Waldkirch

9.2 °Cmean temperature
23.0 °CJuly daily high
−2.1 °CJanuary nightly low
1235 mmrain and snow a year
1230 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
623 mabove sea level

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