Sunshine in Bürchen

Bürchen (VS) gets about 1890 hours of sunshine a year, 55% 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 39 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 150 hours more than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 430 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1890 hsunshine a year

8.0 ha day in July

1.8 ha day in December

#39 / 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 10:30 to 14:16, and on 21 June from 06:56 to 20:55.

Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 2h 15m earlier than over a flat horizon (December).
Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 2h 04m later than over a flat horizon (December).

Month	per day	per month
January	2.3 h	72 h
February	4.1 h	116 h
March	5.4 h	166 h
April	6.0 h	181 h
May	6.4 h	199 h
June	7.5 h	225 h
July	8.0 h	249 h
August	7.3 h	226 h
September	6.0 h	180 h
October	4.6 h	142 h
November	2.5 h	74 h
December	1.8 h	57 h

Climate in Bürchen

4.7 °Cmean temperature

20.0 °CJuly daily high

−6.4 °CJanuary nightly low

807 mmrain and snow a year

1460 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

1604 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Valais

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Fully 1900 h
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Unterbäch 1950 h
Törbel 1980 h
Eischoll 1980 h

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