Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Echallens

Echallens (VD) gets about 1850 hours of sunshine a year, 45% of the possible maximum, or 5.1 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 86% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 125 of 300 places in Vaud. That's about 30 hours more than the Vaud average of 1820.

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1850 hsunshine a year
8.1 ha day in July
1.8 ha day in December
#125 / 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.

0h5h10h15hJanuary: 2.2 h a dayFebruary: 3.4 h a dayMarch: 5.2 h a dayApril: 6.2 h a dayMay: 6.7 h a dayJune: 7.7 h a dayJuly: 8.1 h a dayAugust: 7.4 h a daySeptember: 5.8 h a dayOctober: 3.8 h a dayNovember: 2.4 h a dayDecember: 1.8 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:45 to 16:20, and on 21 June from 06:08 to 21:03.

Monthper dayper month
January2.2 h69 h
February3.4 h95 h
March5.2 h160 h
April6.2 h186 h
May6.7 h209 h
June7.7 h231 h
July8.1 h252 h
August7.4 h229 h
September5.8 h173 h
October3.8 h118 h
November2.4 h73 h
December1.8 h57 h

Climate in Echallens

9.9 °Cmean temperature
23.9 °CJuly daily high
−1.1 °CJanuary nightly low
1010 mmrain and snow a year
1355 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
617 mabove sea level

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