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Sunshine in Ballaigues

Ballaigues (VD) gets about 1780 hours of sunshine a year, 44% of the possible maximum, or 4.9 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 76% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 200 of 300 places in Vaud. That's about 40 hours less than the Vaud average of 1820. Mountains around it block about 50 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1780 hsunshine a year
7.7 ha day in July
2.4 ha day in December
#200 / 300in Vaud

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: 2.8 h a dayFebruary: 3.6 h a dayMarch: 4.7 h a dayApril: 5.5 h a dayMay: 5.9 h a dayJune: 7.1 h a dayJuly: 7.7 h a dayAugust: 7.0 h a daySeptember: 5.5 h a dayOctober: 3.7 h a dayNovember: 2.5 h a dayDecember: 2.4 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:51 to 16:25, and on 21 June from 06:11 to 20:41.

Monthper dayper month
January2.8 h88 h
February3.6 h100 h
March4.7 h147 h
April5.5 h164 h
May5.9 h181 h
June7.1 h214 h
July7.7 h239 h
August7.0 h218 h
September5.5 h164 h
October3.7 h116 h
November2.5 h75 h
December2.4 h76 h

Climate in Ballaigues

8.2 °Cmean temperature
22.1 °CJuly daily high
−3.6 °CJanuary nightly low
1432 mmrain and snow a year
1278 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
876 mabove sea level

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