Swiss SunSunshine in Arbaz
Arbaz (VS) gets about 2200 hours of sunshine a year, 56% of the possible maximum, or 6.0 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 100% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 5 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 460 hours more than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 170 hours a year, already taken into account.
Explore Arbaz on the sunshine mapSunshine 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 09:11 to 16:26, and on 21 June from 06:12 to 19:43.
- Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 1h 22m earlier than over a flat horizon (June).
- Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 38 min later than over a flat horizon (December).
| Month | per day | per month |
|---|---|---|
| January | 4.0 h | 125 h |
| February | 4.9 h | 139 h |
| March | 5.9 h | 182 h |
| April | 6.7 h | 201 h |
| May | 6.8 h | 212 h |
| June | 7.9 h | 238 h |
| July | 8.4 h | 259 h |
| August | 7.9 h | 246 h |
| September | 6.8 h | 205 h |
| October | 5.3 h | 165 h |
| November | 4.0 h | 120 h |
| December | 3.5 h | 107 h |
Climate in Arbaz
Similar sunshine in Valais
- Crans-Montana 2220 h
- Grimisuat 2220 h
- Savièse 2220 h
- Sion 2170 h
Nearby
- Grimisuat 2220 h
- Ayent 2140 h
- Saint-Léonard 2120 h
- Savièse 2220 h
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