Sunshine in Fiesch

Fiesch (VS) gets about 1670 hours of sunshine a year, 53% of the possible maximum, or 4.6 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 52% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 73 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 60 hours less than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 550 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1670 hsunshine a year

6.6 ha day in July

2.6 ha day in December

#73 / 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 10:25 to 15:44, and on 21 June from 06:55 to 18:51.

Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 2h 11m earlier than over a flat horizon (June).
Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 1h 56m later than over a flat horizon (January).

Month	per day	per month
January	3.0 h	93 h
February	3.7 h	105 h
March	4.5 h	139 h
April	4.9 h	148 h
May	5.3 h	166 h
June	6.2 h	186 h
July	6.6 h	206 h
August	6.0 h	187 h
September	5.1 h	152 h
October	4.0 h	125 h
November	2.7 h	82 h
December	2.6 h	81 h

Climate in Fiesch

6.7 °Cmean temperature

23.0 °CJuly daily high

−8.2 °CJanuary nightly low

899 mmrain and snow a year

1347 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

1066 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Valais

Vouvry 1670 h
Isérables 1670 h
Collombey-Muraz 1670 h
Finhaut 1670 h

Nearby

Ernen 1490 h
Lax 1700 h
Fieschertal 1520 h
Bellwald 1850 h

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