Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Ausserberg

Ausserberg (VS) gets about 2040 hours of sunshine a year, 56% of the possible maximum, or 5.6 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 97% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 17 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 300 hours more than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 320 hours a year, already taken into account.

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2040 hsunshine a year
7.7 ha day in July
2.8 ha day in December
#17 / 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.

0h5h10h15hJanuary: 3.3 h a dayFebruary: 4.7 h a dayMarch: 5.9 h a dayApril: 6.4 h a dayMay: 6.5 h a dayJune: 7.2 h a dayJuly: 7.7 h a dayAugust: 7.4 h a daySeptember: 6.7 h a dayOctober: 5.1 h a dayNovember: 3.3 h a dayDecember: 2.8 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 09:17 to 15:31, and on 21 June from 07:14 to 19:29.

Monthper dayper month
January3.3 h103 h
February4.7 h130 h
March5.9 h183 h
April6.4 h191 h
May6.5 h200 h
June7.2 h217 h
July7.7 h240 h
August7.4 h229 h
September6.7 h200 h
October5.1 h158 h
November3.3 h98 h
December2.8 h87 h

Climate in Ausserberg

7.6 °Cmean temperature
24.1 °CJuly daily high
−5.5 °CJanuary nightly low
738 mmrain and snow a year
1426 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
1018 mabove sea level

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