Sunshine in Collonges

Collonges (VS) gets about 1440 hours of sunshine a year, 54% of the possible maximum, or 3.9 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 5% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 111 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 300 hours less than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 800 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1440 hsunshine a year

6.0 ha day in July

2.0 ha day in December

#111 / 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 14:25, and on 21 June from 09:15 to 19:34.

Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 3h 06m later than over a flat horizon (June).
Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 2h 19m earlier than over a flat horizon (February).

Month	per day	per month
January	2.3 h	72 h
February	2.9 h	82 h
March	3.6 h	111 h
April	4.4 h	133 h
May	4.9 h	152 h
June	5.8 h	173 h
July	6.0 h	187 h
August	5.4 h	168 h
September	4.4 h	131 h
October	3.1 h	96 h
November	2.3 h	70 h
December	2.0 h	62 h

Climate in Collonges

10.1 °Cmean temperature

25.3 °CJuly daily high

−2.3 °CJanuary nightly low

1025 mmrain and snow a year

1236 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

468 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Valais

Saint-Maurice 1440 h
Saas-Grund 1430 h
Champéry 1450 h
Kippel 1460 h

Nearby

Evionnaz 1460 h
Dorénaz 1480 h
Saint-Maurice 1440 h
Vernayaz 1630 h

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