Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Wolhusen

Wolhusen (LU) gets about 1440 hours of sunshine a year, 40% of the possible maximum, or 3.9 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 5% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 77 of 79 places in Lucerne. That's about 160 hours less than the Lucerne average of 1600. Mountains around it block about 220 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1440 hsunshine a year
6.2 ha day in July
1.7 ha day in December
#77 / 79in Lucerne

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: 2.0 h a dayFebruary: 2.8 h a dayMarch: 3.9 h a dayApril: 4.8 h a dayMay: 5.1 h a dayJune: 5.7 h a dayJuly: 6.2 h a dayAugust: 5.8 h a daySeptember: 4.5 h a dayOctober: 3.0 h a dayNovember: 1.9 h a dayDecember: 1.7 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 09:25 to 15:39, and on 21 June from 07:17 to 20:51.

Monthper dayper month
January2.0 h62 h
February2.8 h78 h
March3.9 h120 h
April4.8 h144 h
May5.1 h159 h
June5.7 h172 h
July6.2 h192 h
August5.8 h179 h
September4.5 h134 h
October3.0 h92 h
November1.9 h56 h
December1.7 h52 h

Climate in Wolhusen

9.0 °Cmean temperature
23.4 °CJuly daily high
−2.5 °CJanuary nightly low
1267 mmrain and snow a year
1202 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
602 mabove sea level

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