Sunshine in Château-d'Oex

Château-d'Oex (VD) gets about 1790 hours of sunshine a year, 50% of the possible maximum, or 4.9 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 77% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 194 of 300 places in Vaud. That's about 30 hours less than the Vaud average of 1820. Mountains around it block about 320 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1790 hsunshine a year

6.5 ha day in July

2.6 ha day in December

#194 / 300in Vaud

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 10:29 to 15:56, and on 21 June from 06:45 to 19:20.

Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 1h 52m later than over a flat horizon (December).
Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 1h 45m earlier than over a flat horizon (June).

Month	per day	per month
January	3.2 h	99 h
February	4.2 h	118 h
March	5.0 h	156 h
April	5.7 h	170 h
May	5.5 h	170 h
June	6.1 h	183 h
July	6.5 h	202 h
August	6.5 h	201 h
September	5.8 h	173 h
October	4.6 h	141 h
November	3.2 h	95 h
December	2.6 h	79 h

Climate in Château-d'Oex

6.8 °Cmean temperature

22.1 °CJuly daily high

−5.7 °CJanuary nightly low

1323 mmrain and snow a year

1366 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

968 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Vaud

Bournens 1790 h
Avenches 1790 h
Puidoux 1790 h
Dizy 1790 h

Nearby

Rossinière 1710 h
Rougemont 1850 h
Haut-Intyamon 1550 h
Grandvillard 1550 h

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