Sunshine in Chippis

Chippis (VS) gets about 1830 hours of sunshine a year, 57% of the possible maximum, or 5.0 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 83% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 44 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 90 hours more than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 490 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1830 hsunshine a year

8.2 ha day in July

0.8 ha day in December

#44 / 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 09:59 to 11:36, and on 21 June from 06:34 to 20:18.

Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 4h 42m earlier than over a flat horizon (December).
Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 2h 06m later than over a flat horizon (September).

Month	per day	per month
January	1.9 h	59 h
February	4.3 h	121 h
March	5.0 h	156 h
April	5.7 h	170 h
May	6.5 h	202 h
June	7.8 h	234 h
July	8.2 h	255 h
August	6.8 h	211 h
September	5.7 h	171 h
October	4.6 h	143 h
November	2.6 h	79 h
December	0.8 h	25 h

Climate in Chippis

10.5 °Cmean temperature

26.9 °CJuly daily high

−3.3 °CJanuary nightly low

564 mmrain and snow a year

1400 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

531 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Valais

Albinen 1820 h
Hérémence 1820 h
Naters 1820 h
Bellwald 1850 h

Nearby

Sierre 2040 h
Chalais 2110 h
Noble-Contrée 2100 h
Salgesch 2020 h

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