Swiss SunSunshine in Ardon
Ardon (VS) gets about 2010 hours of sunshine a year, 58% of the possible maximum, or 5.5 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 97% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 24 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 280 hours more than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 370 hours a year, already taken into account.
Explore Ardon 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 10:11 to 16:17, and on 21 June from 06:10 to 18:43.
- Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 2h 14m earlier than over a flat horizon (June).
- Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 1h 29m later than over a flat horizon (December).
| Month | per day | per month |
|---|---|---|
| January | 3.6 h | 111 h |
| February | 4.4 h | 122 h |
| March | 5.4 h | 166 h |
| April | 6.2 h | 185 h |
| May | 6.5 h | 201 h |
| June | 7.6 h | 227 h |
| July | 7.9 h | 245 h |
| August | 7.4 h | 228 h |
| September | 6.1 h | 184 h |
| October | 4.7 h | 145 h |
| November | 3.6 h | 108 h |
| December | 3.0 h | 92 h |
Climate in Ardon
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