Sunshine in Grimisuat

Grimisuat (VS) gets about 2220 hours of sunshine a year, 57% of the possible maximum, or 6.1 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 100% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 3 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 480 hours more than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 170 hours a year, already taken into account.

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2220 hsunshine a year

8.7 ha day in July

3.3 ha day in December

#3 / 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 09:23 to 16:23, and on 21 June from 06:16 to 20:03.

Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 59 min earlier than over a flat horizon (June).
Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 47 min later than over a flat horizon (January).

Month	per day	per month
January	3.9 h	121 h
February	4.8 h	135 h
March	5.9 h	181 h
April	6.8 h	205 h
May	7.1 h	220 h
June	8.2 h	248 h
July	8.7 h	269 h
August	8.2 h	253 h
September	6.8 h	204 h
October	5.2 h	162 h
November	3.9 h	116 h
December	3.3 h	104 h

Climate in Grimisuat

8.5 °Cmean temperature

24.4 °CJuly daily high

−4.7 °CJanuary nightly low

765 mmrain and snow a year

1454 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

861 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Valais

Crans-Montana 2220 h
Savièse 2220 h
Arbaz 2200 h
Lens 2240 h

Nearby

Arbaz 2200 h
Saint-Léonard 2120 h
Savièse 2220 h
Ayent 2140 h

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