Sunshine in Goms

Goms (VS) gets about 1680 hours of sunshine a year, 50% of the possible maximum, or 4.6 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 56% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 69 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 50 hours less than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 460 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1680 hsunshine a year

6.5 ha day in July

2.7 ha day in December

#69 / 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 10:47 to 16:17, and on 21 June from 06:23 to 18:50.

Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 2h 22m later than over a flat horizon (January).
Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 2h 15m earlier than over a flat horizon (June).

Month	per day	per month
January	3.0 h	94 h
February	3.9 h	110 h
March	4.6 h	144 h
April	5.0 h	150 h
May	5.3 h	165 h
June	6.1 h	184 h
July	6.5 h	203 h
August	6.0 h	186 h
September	5.1 h	152 h
October	4.1 h	126 h
November	2.8 h	84 h
December	2.7 h	83 h

Climate in Goms

4.2 °Cmean temperature

21.5 °CJuly daily high

−12.5 °CJanuary nightly low

1219 mmrain and snow a year

1369 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

1378 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Valais

Troistorrents 1680 h
Vionnaz 1690 h
Collombey-Muraz 1670 h
Vouvry 1670 h

Nearby

Obergoms 1580 h
Bellwald 1850 h
Fieschertal 1520 h
Ernen 1490 h

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