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Sunshine in Giez

Giez (VD) gets about 1750 hours of sunshine a year, 43% of the possible maximum, or 4.8 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 70% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 241 of 300 places in Vaud. That's about 70 hours less than the Vaud average of 1820. Mountains around it block about 30 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1750 hsunshine a year
8.1 ha day in July
1.5 ha day in December
#241 / 300in Vaud

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: 1.8 h a dayFebruary: 3.1 h a dayMarch: 4.8 h a dayApril: 5.9 h a dayMay: 6.4 h a dayJune: 7.6 h a dayJuly: 8.1 h a dayAugust: 7.4 h a daySeptember: 5.5 h a dayOctober: 3.3 h a dayNovember: 2.0 h a dayDecember: 1.5 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:48 to 16:19, and on 21 June from 06:09 to 20:35.

Monthper dayper month
January1.8 h55 h
February3.1 h87 h
March4.8 h147 h
April5.9 h176 h
May6.4 h200 h
June7.6 h228 h
July8.1 h250 h
August7.4 h228 h
September5.5 h166 h
October3.3 h103 h
November2.0 h61 h
December1.5 h47 h

Climate in Giez

10.0 °Cmean temperature
24.0 °CJuly daily high
−1.1 °CJanuary nightly low
976 mmrain and snow a year
1297 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
534 mabove sea level

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