Swiss SunSunshine in Chalais
Chalais (VS) gets about 2110 hours of sunshine a year, 55% of the possible maximum, or 5.8 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 98% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 11 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 370 hours more than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 220 hours a year, already taken into account.
Explore Chalais on the sunshine mapSunshine 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 09:26 to 15:13, and on 21 June from 06:32 to 20:47.
- Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 1h 15m earlier than over a flat horizon (December).
- Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 55 min later than over a flat horizon (December).
| Month | per day | per month |
|---|---|---|
| January | 3.7 h | 115 h |
| February | 5.0 h | 139 h |
| March | 5.8 h | 178 h |
| April | 6.4 h | 191 h |
| May | 6.7 h | 207 h |
| June | 7.5 h | 226 h |
| July | 8.1 h | 250 h |
| August | 7.5 h | 232 h |
| September | 6.6 h | 197 h |
| October | 5.3 h | 165 h |
| November | 3.9 h | 116 h |
| December | 3.0 h | 92 h |
Climate in Chalais
Similar sunshine in Valais
- Guttet-Feschel 2110 h
- Noble-Contrée 2100 h
- Saint-Léonard 2120 h
- Vétroz 2090 h
Nearby
- Chippis 1830 h
- Sierre 2040 h
- Grône 1790 h
- Noble-Contrée 2100 h
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