Sunshine in Bellwald

Bellwald (VS) gets about 1850 hours of sunshine a year, 51% of the possible maximum, or 5.1 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 86% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 43 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 110 hours more than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 340 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1850 hsunshine a year

6.9 ha day in July

3.3 ha day in November

#43 / 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 09:42 to 16:21, and on 21 June from 06:46 to 19:45.

Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 1h 24m earlier than over a flat horizon (June).
Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 1h 18m later than over a flat horizon (December).

Month	per day	per month
January	3.7 h	115 h
February	4.3 h	122 h
March	5.1 h	157 h
April	5.4 h	163 h
May	5.7 h	178 h
June	6.4 h	192 h
July	6.9 h	213 h
August	6.5 h	201 h
September	5.6 h	168 h
October	4.5 h	141 h
November	3.3 h	98 h
December	3.3 h	101 h

Climate in Bellwald

4.4 °Cmean temperature

20.6 °CJuly daily high

−10.4 °CJanuary nightly low

1019 mmrain and snow a year

1363 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

1584 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Valais

Vex 1850 h
Verbier 1850 h
Chippis 1830 h
Albinen 1820 h

Nearby

Fieschertal 1520 h
Ernen 1490 h
Fiesch 1670 h
Lax 1700 h

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