Sunshine in Bitsch

Bitsch (VS) gets about 1730 hours of sunshine a year, 55% of the possible maximum, or 4.7 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 67% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 63 of 123 places in Valais. Mountains around it block about 530 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1730 hsunshine a year

7.1 ha day in July

2.4 ha day in December

#63 / 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 10:28 to 15:32, and on 21 June from 07:10 to 19:15.

Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 2h 00m later than over a flat horizon (March).
Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 1h 42m earlier than over a flat horizon (June).

Month	per day	per month
January	2.9 h	90 h
February	3.9 h	110 h
March	4.7 h	147 h
April	5.1 h	153 h
May	5.7 h	175 h
June	6.8 h	203 h
July	7.1 h	221 h
August	6.3 h	194 h
September	5.2 h	155 h
October	4.1 h	127 h
November	2.8 h	83 h
December	2.4 h	73 h

Climate in Bitsch

8.7 °Cmean temperature

25.6 °CJuly daily high

−5.7 °CJanuary nightly low

672 mmrain and snow a year

1368 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

723 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Valais

Embd 1730 h
Termen 1720 h
Salvan 1740 h
Oberems 1750 h

Nearby

Termen 1720 h
Naters 1820 h
Ried-Brig 1650 h
Riederalp 1770 h

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