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Sunshine & Daylight Hours in Zurich, Switzerland
- Sunshine hours in Zurich range between 1h 11' daily in December and 7h 40' per day in July.
- The longest day of the year is 15h 44' long and the shortest day is 8h 15' long.
- The longest day is 7h 29' longer than the shortest day.
- There is an average of 1693 hours of sunlight per year (of a possible 4383) with an average of 4:38 of sunlight per day.
- It is sunny 38.6% of daylight hours. The remaining 61.4% of daylight hours are likely cloudy or with shade, haze or low sun intensity.
- At midday the sun is on average 43° above the horizon at Zurich.
- The summer solstice is on June 21st (the northern solstice) when the sun reaches it's highest point 66.06° above the horizon.
- The winter solstice is on December 21st (the southern solstice) when the midday sun is at it's lowest point of 19.23° above the horizon.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
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| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 1h 29' | 2h 47' | 4h 48' | 5h 46' | 6h 40' | 7h 20' | 7h 40' | 7h 03' | 5h 32' | 3h 29' | 1h 42' | 1h 11' | 4h 38' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours & Minutes/ Day | 8h 55' | 10h 10' | 11h 49' | 13h 34' | 15h 04' | 15h 51' | 15h 30' | 14h 12' | 12h 30' | 10h 45' | 9h 15' | 8h 30' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 17 (83) | 28 (72) | 41 (59) | 43 (57) | 45 (55) | 47 (53) | 50 (50) | 50 (50) | 45 (55) | 33 (67) | 19 (81) | 14 (86) | 39 (61) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 22.8 | 32.1 | 42.9 | 54.6 | 62.8 | 66.1 | 63 | 54.7 | 43.2 | 31.8 | 22.6 | 19.2 | 43 |