Sunshine in Wartau

Wartau (SG) gets about 1630 hours of sunshine a year, 48% of the possible maximum, or 4.5 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 34% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 57 of 75 places in St. Gallen. That's about 20 hours less than the St. Gallen average of 1650. Mountains around it block about 350 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1630 hsunshine a year

6.5 ha day in July

2.5 ha day in December

#57 / 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 08:55 to 15:31, and on 21 June from 06:44 to 19:33.

Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 1h 26m earlier than over a flat horizon (April).
Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 1h 13m later than over a flat horizon (March).

Month	per day	per month
January	3.0 h	94 h
February	3.5 h	98 h
March	4.0 h	123 h
April	5.0 h	150 h
May	5.5 h	169 h
June	6.1 h	184 h
July	6.5 h	201 h
August	6.0 h	185 h
September	4.8 h	143 h
October	3.8 h	117 h
November	2.8 h	85 h
December	2.5 h	78 h

Climate in Wartau

10.1 °Cmean temperature

24.4 °CJuly daily high

−2.3 °CJanuary nightly low

1266 mmrain and snow a year

1233 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

484 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in St. Gallen

Oberuzwil 1630 h
Zuzwil (SG) 1630 h
St. Gallen 1630 h
Wil 1630 h

Nearby

Balzers 1490 h
Sargans 1810 h
Sevelen 1540 h
Mels 1740 h

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