Swiss SunSunshine in Walenstadt
Walenstadt (SG) gets about 1640 hours of sunshine a year, 47% of the possible maximum, or 4.5 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 42% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 44 of 75 places in St. Gallen. Mountains around it block about 300 hours a year, already taken into account.
Explore Walenstadt on the sunshine map1640 hsunshine a year
5.8 ha day in July
2.5 ha day in December
#44 / 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.
Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:40 to 14:50, and on 21 June from 08:07 to 19:48.
- Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 2h 09m later than over a flat horizon (June).
- Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 1h 15m earlier than over a flat horizon (December).
| Month | per day | per month |
|---|---|---|
| January | 3.0 h | 93 h |
| February | 3.9 h | 108 h |
| March | 4.6 h | 141 h |
| April | 5.3 h | 158 h |
| May | 5.1 h | 159 h |
| June | 5.5 h | 164 h |
| July | 5.8 h | 181 h |
| August | 5.8 h | 181 h |
| September | 5.4 h | 162 h |
| October | 4.3 h | 133 h |
| November | 2.9 h | 86 h |
| December | 2.5 h | 76 h |
Climate in Walenstadt
10.4 °Cmean temperature
25.0 °CJuly daily high
−2.0 °CJanuary nightly low
1416 mmrain and snow a year
1211 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
426 mabove sea level
Similar sunshine in St. Gallen
- Wittenbach 1640 h
- Berg (SG) 1640 h
- Kirchberg (SG) 1640 h
- Andwil (SG) 1640 h
Nearby
- Flums 1620 h
- Quarten 1230 h
- Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann 1800 h
- Grabs 1670 h
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