Swiss SunSunshine in Epalinges
Epalinges (VD) gets about 1920 hours of sunshine a year, 46% of the possible maximum, or 5.3 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 92% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 38 of 300 places in Vaud. That's about 100 hours more than the Vaud average of 1820.
Explore Epalinges on the sunshine map1920 hsunshine a year
8.2 ha day in July
2.3 ha day in December
#38 / 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.
Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:42 to 16:23, and on 21 June from 06:11 to 21:05.
| Month | per day | per month |
|---|---|---|
| January | 2.7 h | 84 h |
| February | 3.8 h | 105 h |
| March | 5.1 h | 159 h |
| April | 6.1 h | 182 h |
| May | 6.6 h | 204 h |
| June | 7.7 h | 230 h |
| July | 8.2 h | 253 h |
| August | 7.5 h | 232 h |
| September | 6.0 h | 180 h |
| October | 4.3 h | 132 h |
| November | 2.9 h | 86 h |
| December | 2.3 h | 70 h |
Climate in Epalinges
9.6 °Cmean temperature
23.4 °CJuly daily high
−1.2 °CJanuary nightly low
1256 mmrain and snow a year
1362 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
751 mabove sea level
Similar sunshine in Vaud
- Vufflens-le-Château 1920 h
- Nyon 1920 h
- Chavannes-des-Bois 1920 h
- Ecublens (VD) 1920 h
Nearby
- Belmont-sur-Lausanne 1860 h
- Le Mont-sur-Lausanne 1880 h
- Pully 1890 h
- Lausanne 1910 h
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