Sunshine in Eisten

Eisten (VS) gets about 1010 hours of sunshine a year, 56% of the possible maximum, or 2.8 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 0% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 122 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 720 hours less than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 1340 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1010 hsunshine a year

4.7 ha day in July

0.7 ha day in December

#122 / 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 10:33 to 11:52, and on 21 June from 08:42 to 16:54.

Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 4h 32m earlier than over a flat horizon (December).
Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 2h 44m later than over a flat horizon (June).

Month	per day	per month
January	1.1 h	33 h
February	2.0 h	56 h
March	2.6 h	82 h
April	3.2 h	97 h
May	3.6 h	113 h
June	4.5 h	136 h
July	4.7 h	147 h
August	4.1 h	128 h
September	3.1 h	94 h
October	2.3 h	71 h
November	1.2 h	36 h
December	0.7 h	22 h

Climate in Eisten

6.8 °Cmean temperature

22.6 °CJuly daily high

−6.2 °CJanuary nightly low

777 mmrain and snow a year

1244 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

1060 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Valais

Saas-Almagell 1200 h
Zwischbergen 820 h
Saas-Balen 1220 h
Trient 1220 h

Nearby

Staldenried 1570 h
Stalden (VS) 1520 h
Grächen 1610 h
Törbel 1980 h

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