Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Baltschieder

Baltschieder (VS) gets about 1890 hours of sunshine a year, 57% of the possible maximum, or 5.2 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 89% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 38 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 150 hours more than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 440 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1890 hsunshine a year
7.6 ha day in July
2.1 ha day in December
#38 / 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: 2.7 h a dayFebruary: 4.1 h a dayMarch: 5.4 h a dayApril: 6.1 h a dayMay: 6.3 h a dayJune: 7.2 h a dayJuly: 7.6 h a dayAugust: 7.1 h a daySeptember: 6.3 h a dayOctober: 4.5 h a dayNovember: 2.8 h a dayDecember: 2.1 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 09:42 to 14:06, and on 21 June from 07:38 to 19:54.

Monthper dayper month
January2.7 h83 h
February4.1 h115 h
March5.4 h168 h
April6.1 h182 h
May6.3 h195 h
June7.2 h215 h
July7.6 h237 h
August7.1 h220 h
September6.3 h188 h
October4.5 h138 h
November2.8 h83 h
December2.1 h64 h

Climate in Baltschieder

9.5 °Cmean temperature
26.7 °CJuly daily high
−5.1 °CJanuary nightly low
648 mmrain and snow a year
1426 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
644 mabove sea level

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