How long does the sun shine where you live?
Find out how many sunshine hours your location gets per year – and whether a solar system is worth it.
Sunshine hours in Switzerland
These locations were recently checked by SolCheck visitors. Does the sun shine more often where you are? What are you waiting for?
1'407
hours
the sun shines in
Thun (BE)
1'476
hours
the sun shines in
Bern (BE)
1'441
hours
the sun shines in
Basel (BS)
1'648
hours
the sun shines in
Lugano (TI)
1'375
hours
the sun shines in
St. Gallen (SG)
1'368
hours
the sun shines in
Luzern (LU)
1'414
hours
the sun shines in
Zürich (ZH)
1'630
hours
the sun shines in
Sion (VS)
1'500
hours
the sun shines in
Genf (GE)
Data source: Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) / Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure (geo.admin.ch)
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