Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Gampel-Bratsch

Gampel-Bratsch (VS) gets about 1980 hours of sunshine a year, 57% of the possible maximum, or 5.4 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 96% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 30 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 250 hours more than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 350 hours a year, already taken into account.

Explore Gampel-Bratsch on the sunshine map
1980 hsunshine a year
7.7 ha day in July
1.3 ha day in December
#30 / 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.

0h5h10h15hJanuary: 2.6 h a dayFebruary: 4.7 h a dayMarch: 6.1 h a dayApril: 6.6 h a dayMay: 6.5 h a dayJune: 7.2 h a dayJuly: 7.7 h a dayAugust: 7.5 h a daySeptember: 7.0 h a dayOctober: 5.2 h a dayNovember: 2.9 h a dayDecember: 1.3 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 11:39 to 14:52, and on 21 June from 07:12 to 19:34.

Monthper dayper month
January2.6 h79 h
February4.7 h132 h
March6.1 h189 h
April6.6 h198 h
May6.5 h202 h
June7.2 h216 h
July7.7 h238 h
August7.5 h232 h
September7.0 h209 h
October5.2 h161 h
November2.9 h88 h
December1.3 h40 h

Climate in Gampel-Bratsch

9.5 °Cmean temperature
26.5 °CJuly daily high
−5.1 °CJanuary nightly low
616 mmrain and snow a year
1330 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
635 mabove sea level

All 123 places in Valais ranked by sunshine · Sunniest towns in Switzerland · Look up any address in Gampel-Bratsch