Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Champéry

Champéry (VS) gets about 1450 hours of sunshine a year, 51% of the possible maximum, or 4.0 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 5% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 109 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 280 hours less than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 690 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1450 hsunshine a year
6.0 ha day in July
1.9 ha day in December
#109 / 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.

0h5h10h15hJanuary: 2.4 h a dayFebruary: 3.1 h a dayMarch: 3.6 h a dayApril: 4.4 h a dayMay: 4.8 h a dayJune: 5.7 h a dayJuly: 6.0 h a dayAugust: 5.6 h a daySeptember: 4.4 h a dayOctober: 3.4 h a dayNovember: 2.4 h a dayDecember: 1.9 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 11:01 to 14:45, and on 21 June from 06:56 to 18:37.

Monthper dayper month
January2.4 h74 h
February3.1 h86 h
March3.6 h111 h
April4.4 h131 h
May4.8 h149 h
June5.7 h172 h
July6.0 h187 h
August5.6 h173 h
September4.4 h131 h
October3.4 h106 h
November2.4 h73 h
December1.9 h59 h

Climate in Champéry

7.3 °Cmean temperature
21.5 °CJuly daily high
−4.4 °CJanuary nightly low
1462 mmrain and snow a year
1262 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
1045 mabove sea level

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