Sunshine in Conthey

Conthey (VS) gets about 2170 hours of sunshine a year, 59% of the possible maximum, or 5.9 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 99% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 7 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 430 hours more than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 250 hours a year, already taken into account.

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2170 hsunshine a year

8.4 ha day in July

3.2 ha day in December

#7 / 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 09:58 to 16:19, and on 21 June from 06:20 to 19:48.

Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 1h 16m later than over a flat horizon (December).
Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 1h 14m earlier than over a flat horizon (May).

Month	per day	per month
January	4.0 h	123 h
February	4.7 h	132 h
March	5.7 h	177 h
April	6.7 h	200 h
May	7.0 h	218 h
June	8.1 h	244 h
July	8.4 h	262 h
August	7.8 h	242 h
September	6.5 h	195 h
October	5.1 h	157 h
November	3.8 h	114 h
December	3.2 h	101 h

Climate in Conthey

10.4 °Cmean temperature

27.1 °CJuly daily high

−3.2 °CJanuary nightly low

601 mmrain and snow a year

1430 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

502 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Valais

Sion 2170 h
Ayent 2140 h
Arbaz 2200 h
Saint-Léonard 2120 h

Nearby

Vétroz 2090 h
Sion 2170 h
Savièse 2220 h
Ardon 2010 h

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