Sunshine in Bettmeralp

Bettmeralp (VS) gets about 2020 hours of sunshine a year, 52% of the possible maximum, or 5.5 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 97% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 19 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 290 hours more than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 240 hours a year, already taken into account.

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2020 hsunshine a year

7.2 ha day in July

3.6 ha day in December

#19 / 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 08:47 to 16:15, and on 21 June from 06:31 to 19:41.

Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 1h 31m earlier than over a flat horizon (June).
Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 44 min later than over a flat horizon (June).

Month	per day	per month
January	4.1 h	126 h
February	4.9 h	137 h
March	5.8 h	179 h
April	6.1 h	182 h
May	6.1 h	191 h
June	6.7 h	201 h
July	7.2 h	223 h
August	6.9 h	215 h
September	6.3 h	188 h
October	5.2 h	160 h
November	3.6 h	109 h
December	3.6 h	112 h

Climate in Bettmeralp

3.0 °Cmean temperature

17.1 °CJuly daily high

−7.2 °CJanuary nightly low

1120 mmrain and snow a year

1507 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

1931 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Valais

Raron 2020 h
Leytron 2020 h
Salgesch 2020 h
Icogne 2010 h

Nearby

Bister 1560 h
Grengiols 1590 h
Mörel-Filet 1640 h
Riederalp 1770 h

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