Sunshine in Evolène

Evolène (VS) gets about 1490 hours of sunshine a year, 54% of the possible maximum, or 4.1 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 6% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 102 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 250 hours less than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 820 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1490 hsunshine a year

5.9 ha day in July

2.1 ha day in December

#102 / 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 09:33 to 13:25, and on 21 June from 08:47 to 19:47.

Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 3h 05m earlier than over a flat horizon (December).
Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 2h 50m later than over a flat horizon (June).

Month	per day	per month
January	2.5 h	78 h
February	3.2 h	90 h
March	3.9 h	120 h
April	4.6 h	139 h
May	4.9 h	153 h
June	5.4 h	163 h
July	5.9 h	183 h
August	5.6 h	172 h
September	4.6 h	137 h
October	3.5 h	109 h
November	2.5 h	75 h
December	2.1 h	65 h

Climate in Evolène

6.2 °Cmean temperature

20.4 °CJuly daily high

−5.2 °CJanuary nightly low

737 mmrain and snow a year

1352 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

1375 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Valais

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

Nearby

Saint-Martin (VS) 1950 h
Anniviers 1570 h
Hérémence 1820 h
Vex 1850 h

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