Sunshine in Bister

Bister (VS) gets about 1560 hours of sunshine a year, 52% of the possible maximum, or 4.3 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 13% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 91 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 170 hours less than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 630 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1560 hsunshine a year

7.2 ha day in July

1.2 ha day in December

#91 / 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 13:27 to 15:52, and on 21 June from 06:23 to 19:44.

Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 4h 54m later than over a flat horizon (December).
Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 1h 19m earlier than over a flat horizon (July).

Month	per day	per month
January	1.8 h	55 h
February	2.8 h	80 h
March	4.0 h	125 h
April	5.3 h	158 h
May	5.8 h	181 h
June	6.8 h	204 h
July	7.2 h	222 h
August	6.5 h	201 h
September	4.9 h	148 h
October	3.1 h	96 h
November	1.8 h	53 h
December	1.2 h	39 h

Climate in Bister

6.5 °Cmean temperature

23.2 °CJuly daily high

−7.9 °CJanuary nightly low

817 mmrain and snow a year

1335 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

1028 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Valais

Zermatt 1560 h
Staldenried 1570 h
Inden 1560 h
Simplon 1550 h

Nearby

Mörel-Filet 1640 h
Grengiols 1590 h
Riederalp 1770 h
Bettmeralp 2020 h

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