Sunshine in Ernen

Ernen (VS) gets about 1490 hours of sunshine a year, 51% of the possible maximum, or 4.1 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 7% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 101 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 250 hours less than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 680 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1490 hsunshine a year

6.3 ha day in July

1.9 ha day in December

#101 / 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 12:23 to 16:16, and on 21 June from 07:44 to 19:34.

Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 3h 53m later than over a flat horizon (December).
Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 1h 30m earlier than over a flat horizon (June).

Month	per day	per month
January	2.4 h	74 h
February	3.3 h	93 h
March	4.0 h	123 h
April	4.4 h	131 h
May	4.9 h	151 h
June	5.9 h	178 h
July	6.3 h	194 h
August	5.5 h	171 h
September	4.5 h	136 h
October	3.6 h	110 h
November	2.2 h	67 h
December	1.9 h	60 h

Climate in Ernen

5.1 °Cmean temperature

21.5 °CJuly daily high

−10.1 °CJanuary nightly low

915 mmrain and snow a year

1354 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

1200 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Valais

Evolène 1490 h
Saas-Fee 1490 h
Dorénaz 1480 h
Ferden 1470 h

Nearby

Fiesch 1670 h
Fieschertal 1520 h
Lax 1700 h
Bellwald 1850 h

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