Sunshine in Ayent

Ayent (VS) gets about 2140 hours of sunshine a year, 56% of the possible maximum, or 5.9 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 98% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 8 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 410 hours more than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 230 hours a year, already taken into account.

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2140 hsunshine a year

8.1 ha day in July

3.5 ha day in December

#8 / 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 09:14 to 16:24, and on 21 June from 06:32 to 19:41.

Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 1h 23m earlier than over a flat horizon (June).
Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 39 min later than over a flat horizon (December).

Month	per day	per month
January	3.9 h	122 h
February	4.8 h	136 h
March	5.7 h	178 h
April	6.4 h	193 h
May	6.6 h	205 h
June	7.7 h	231 h
July	8.1 h	252 h
August	7.7 h	238 h
September	6.6 h	198 h
October	5.2 h	162 h
November	3.9 h	118 h
December	3.5 h	107 h

Climate in Ayent

8.5 °Cmean temperature

24.4 °CJuly daily high

−4.9 °CJanuary nightly low

740 mmrain and snow a year

1442 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

1004 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Valais

Saint-Léonard 2120 h
Conthey 2170 h
Sion 2170 h
Guttet-Feschel 2110 h

Nearby

Icogne 2010 h
Lens 2240 h
Arbaz 2200 h
Saint-Léonard 2120 h

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