Sunshine in Zurich

Zurich (ZH) gets about 1680 hours of sunshine a year, 41% of the possible maximum, or 4.6 hours a day on average. That makes it number 44 of 60 Swiss towns we compare.

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1680 hsunshine a year

7.6 ha day in July

1.4 ha day in December

#44 / 60sunniest towns

Sunshine month by month

Average hours of sunshine per day, 1991–2020. The line shows the most the sun could shine at this latitude.

Month	per day	per month
January	1.8 h	55 h
February	3.0 h	83 h
March	4.4 h	137 h
April	5.8 h	175 h
May	6.2 h	193 h
June	7.2 h	216 h
July	7.6 h	237 h
August	7.1 h	219 h
September	5.3 h	160 h
October	3.3 h	102 h
November	1.9 h	58 h
December	1.4 h	43 h

Climate in Zurich

10.2 °Cmean temperature

25.2 °CJuly daily high

-1.5 °CJanuary nightly low

1119 mmrain and snow a year

1208 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

405 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine

Uster 1680 h
Küsnacht 1681 h
Baar 1684 h
Wädenswil 1687 h

Nearby towns

Dübendorf 1665 h
Kloten 1650 h
Küsnacht 1681 h
Thalwil 1701 h

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