Sunshine in Chamoson

Chamoson (VS) gets about 2010 hours of sunshine a year, 57% 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 27 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 270 hours more than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 350 hours a year, already taken into account.

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2010 hsunshine a year

8.2 ha day in July

2.9 ha day in December

#27 / 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 09:56 to 16:08, and on 21 June from 06:31 to 19:40.

Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 1h 57m earlier than over a flat horizon (April).
Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 1h 15m later than over a flat horizon (November).

Month	per day	per month
January	3.3 h	103 h
February	4.3 h	120 h
March	5.3 h	164 h
April	6.0 h	180 h
May	6.5 h	203 h
June	7.9 h	236 h
July	8.2 h	254 h
August	7.4 h	228 h
September	6.1 h	182 h
October	4.7 h	145 h
November	3.4 h	103 h
December	2.9 h	89 h

Climate in Chamoson

9.8 °Cmean temperature

26.2 °CJuly daily high

−3.6 °CJanuary nightly low

907 mmrain and snow a year

1426 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

634 mabove sea level

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