Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Ziefen

Ziefen (BL) gets about 1630 hours of sunshine a year, 42% of the possible maximum, or 4.5 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 33% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 48 of 86 places in Basel-Landschaft. That's about 10 hours more than the Basel-Landschaft average of 1620. Mountains around it block about 80 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1630 hsunshine a year
7.3 ha day in July
1.8 ha day in December
#48 / 86in Basel-Landschaft

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: 2.1 h a dayFebruary: 2.9 h a dayMarch: 4.1 h a dayApril: 5.4 h a dayMay: 5.7 h a dayJune: 6.7 h a dayJuly: 7.3 h a dayAugust: 7.0 h a daySeptember: 5.3 h a dayOctober: 3.3 h a dayNovember: 1.9 h a dayDecember: 1.8 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 09:10 to 15:59, and on 21 June from 06:30 to 20:21.

Monthper dayper month
January2.1 h64 h
February2.9 h82 h
March4.1 h127 h
April5.4 h163 h
May5.7 h176 h
June6.7 h200 h
July7.3 h225 h
August7.0 h216 h
September5.3 h159 h
October3.3 h101 h
November1.9 h58 h
December1.8 h55 h

Climate in Ziefen

10.2 °Cmean temperature
24.6 °CJuly daily high
−1.2 °CJanuary nightly low
1065 mmrain and snow a year
1225 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
422 mabove sea level

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