Sunshine in Fieschertal

Fieschertal (VS) gets about 1520 hours of sunshine a year, 52% of the possible maximum, or 4.2 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 8% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 98 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 220 hours less than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 670 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1520 hsunshine a year

5.7 ha day in July

2.6 ha day in December

#98 / 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 10:14 to 15:26, and on 21 June from 07:55 to 18:34.

Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 2h 28m earlier than over a flat horizon (June).
Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 1h 58m later than over a flat horizon (June).

Month	per day	per month
January	3.0 h	93 h
February	3.5 h	99 h
March	4.1 h	128 h
April	4.4 h	133 h
May	4.7 h	147 h
June	5.4 h	161 h
July	5.7 h	178 h
August	5.3 h	164 h
September	4.6 h	138 h
October	3.7 h	115 h
November	2.7 h	80 h
December	2.6 h	79 h

Climate in Fieschertal

5.9 °Cmean temperature

22.3 °CJuly daily high

−9.2 °CJanuary nightly low

952 mmrain and snow a year

1356 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

1097 mabove sea level

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Fiesch 1670 h
Ernen 1490 h
Lax 1700 h

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