Sunshine in Wolfenschiessen

Wolfenschiessen (NW) gets about 1030 hours of sunshine a year, 43% of the possible maximum, or 2.8 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 0% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and the least sunny of 11 places in Nidwalden. That's about 410 hours less than the Nidwalden average of 1440. Mountains around it block about 720 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1030 hsunshine a year

3.9 ha day in July

1.5 ha day in December

#11 / 11in Nidwalden

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 11:08 to 15:04, and on 21 June from 08:48 to 18:14.

Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 2h 58m later than over a flat horizon (March).
Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 2h 42m earlier than over a flat horizon (June).

Month	per day	per month
January	1.8 h	56 h
February	2.4 h	66 h
March	2.8 h	86 h
April	3.4 h	102 h
May	3.5 h	110 h
June	3.7 h	112 h
July	3.9 h	122 h
August	3.8 h	116 h
September	3.1 h	92 h
October	2.4 h	76 h
November	1.7 h	50 h
December	1.5 h	46 h

Climate in Wolfenschiessen

8.2 °Cmean temperature

22.4 °CJuly daily high

−3.9 °CJanuary nightly low

1464 mmrain and snow a year

1141 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

514 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Nidwalden

Dallenwil 1260 h
Emmetten 1370 h
Stansstad 1450 h
Ennetmoos 1490 h

Nearby

Dallenwil 1260 h
Oberdorf (NW) 1500 h
Stans 1570 h
Ennetmoos 1490 h

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