Sunshine in Ergisch

Ergisch (VS) gets about 1620 hours of sunshine a year, 54% of the possible maximum, or 4.4 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 30% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 80 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 120 hours less than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 630 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1620 hsunshine a year

7.5 ha day in July

1.1 ha day in December

#80 / 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 12:03 to 14:13, and on 21 June from 07:10 to 20:43.

Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 3h 31m later than over a flat horizon (November).
Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 2h 13m earlier than over a flat horizon (November).

Month	per day	per month
January	1.4 h	44 h
February	2.7 h	77 h
March	4.6 h	142 h
April	5.6 h	167 h
May	6.0 h	187 h
June	7.1 h	213 h
July	7.5 h	231 h
August	6.7 h	209 h
September	5.5 h	166 h
October	3.3 h	104 h
November	1.5 h	46 h
December	1.1 h	33 h

Climate in Ergisch

6.9 °Cmean temperature

22.7 °CJuly daily high

−5.6 °CJanuary nightly low

655 mmrain and snow a year

1336 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

1101 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Valais

Agarn 1620 h
Vérossaz 1620 h
Vernayaz 1630 h
Grächen 1610 h

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