Swiss SunSunshine in Ballens
Ballens (VD) gets about 1820 hours of sunshine a year, 45% of the possible maximum, or 5.0 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 82% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 157 of 300 places in Vaud. Mountains around it block about 40 hours a year, already taken into account.
Explore Ballens on the sunshine map1820 hsunshine a year
8.0 ha day in July
1.9 ha day in December
#157 / 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.
Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:44 to 16:23, and on 21 June from 06:08 to 20:30.
- Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 35 min earlier than over a flat horizon (June).
| Month | per day | per month |
|---|---|---|
| January | 2.3 h | 72 h |
| February | 3.4 h | 97 h |
| March | 5.0 h | 154 h |
| April | 5.7 h | 172 h |
| May | 6.2 h | 192 h |
| June | 7.5 h | 225 h |
| July | 8.0 h | 247 h |
| August | 7.3 h | 227 h |
| September | 5.7 h | 172 h |
| October | 3.9 h | 122 h |
| November | 2.6 h | 78 h |
| December | 1.9 h | 60 h |
Climate in Ballens
9.6 °Cmean temperature
23.8 °CJuly daily high
−1.3 °CJanuary nightly low
1112 mmrain and snow a year
1341 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
707 mabove sea level
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Nearby
- Mollens (VD) 1720 h
- Berolle 1760 h
- Bière 1830 h
- Hautemorges 1810 h
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