Sunshine in Anniviers

Anniviers (VS) gets about 1570 hours of sunshine a year, 55% of the possible maximum, or 4.3 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 14% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 88 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 170 hours less than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 800 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1570 hsunshine a year

6.5 ha day in July

1.0 ha day in December

#88 / 123in Valais

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.

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 12:18 to 14:14, and on 21 June from 07:19 to 18:56.

Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 3h 52m later than over a flat horizon (December).
Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 2h 23m earlier than over a flat horizon (January).

Month	per day	per month
January	1.4 h	44 h
February	3.5 h	99 h
March	4.7 h	146 h
April	5.2 h	157 h
May	5.3 h	165 h
June	6.0 h	181 h
July	6.5 h	200 h
August	6.1 h	189 h
September	5.5 h	164 h
October	4.4 h	138 h
November	1.8 h	54 h
December	1.0 h	31 h

Climate in Anniviers

4.9 °Cmean temperature

19.5 °CJuly daily high

−6.3 °CJanuary nightly low

782 mmrain and snow a year

1295 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

1593 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Valais

Staldenried 1570 h
Val-d'Illiez 1570 h
Zermatt 1560 h
Liddes 1580 h

Nearby

Chalais 2110 h
Evolène 1490 h
Saint-Martin (VS) 1950 h
Chippis 1830 h

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