Swiss SunSunshine in Wassen
Wassen (UR) gets about 1110 hours of sunshine a year, 48% of the possible maximum, or 3.0 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 0% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 17 of 19 places in Uri. That's about 170 hours less than the Uri average of 1270. Mountains around it block about 910 hours a year, already taken into account.
Explore Wassen on the sunshine map1110 hsunshine a year
4.8 ha day in July
1.4 ha day in December
#17 / 19in Uri
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 11:20 to 14:24, and on 21 June from 08:26 to 17:59.
- Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 3h 00m earlier than over a flat horizon (June).
- Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 2h 53m later than over a flat horizon (October).
| Month | per day | per month |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1.8 h | 55 h |
| February | 2.3 h | 65 h |
| March | 2.9 h | 89 h |
| April | 3.3 h | 99 h |
| May | 3.7 h | 114 h |
| June | 4.5 h | 134 h |
| July | 4.8 h | 148 h |
| August | 4.3 h | 134 h |
| September | 3.4 h | 101 h |
| October | 2.5 h | 78 h |
| November | 1.6 h | 47 h |
| December | 1.4 h | 45 h |
Climate in Wassen
6.7 °Cmean temperature
20.5 °CJuly daily high
−5.9 °CJanuary nightly low
1339 mmrain and snow a year
1141 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
918 mabove sea level
Similar sunshine in Uri
Nearby
- Gurtnellen 960 h
- Göschenen 1200 h
- Andermatt 1420 h
- Hospental 1290 h
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