Sunshine in Dorénaz

Dorénaz (VS) gets about 1480 hours of sunshine a year, 55% of the possible maximum, or 4.1 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 6% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 103 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 250 hours less than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 780 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1480 hsunshine a year

5.7 ha day in July

2.6 ha day in December

#103 / 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 09:32 to 15:03, and on 21 June from 08:53 to 18:27.

Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 2h 44m later than over a flat horizon (June).
Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 2h 34m earlier than over a flat horizon (May).

Month	per day	per month
January	2.9 h	90 h
February	3.4 h	94 h
March	3.7 h	116 h
April	4.4 h	133 h
May	4.6 h	143 h
June	5.4 h	163 h
July	5.7 h	176 h
August	5.4 h	166 h
September	4.4 h	131 h
October	3.4 h	107 h
November	2.8 h	83 h
December	2.6 h	79 h

Climate in Dorénaz

10.1 °Cmean temperature

25.6 °CJuly daily high

−2.4 °CJanuary nightly low

1005 mmrain and snow a year

1278 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

450 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Valais

Evolène 1490 h
Ernen 1490 h
Saas-Fee 1490 h
Ferden 1470 h

Nearby

Vernayaz 1630 h
Collonges 1440 h
Salvan 1740 h
Evionnaz 1460 h

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