Sunshine in Kippel

Kippel (VS) gets about 1460 hours of sunshine a year, 52% of the possible maximum, or 4.0 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 5% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 108 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 270 hours less than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 760 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1460 hsunshine a year

6.7 ha day in July

1.2 ha day in December

#108 / 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 12:48 to 15:08, and on 21 June from 06:31 to 19:20.

Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 4h 19m later than over a flat horizon (December).
Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 1h 47m earlier than over a flat horizon (June).

Month	per day	per month
January	1.6 h	48 h
February	2.8 h	77 h
March	4.0 h	123 h
April	4.8 h	144 h
May	5.5 h	169 h
June	6.4 h	193 h
July	6.7 h	206 h
August	5.7 h	176 h
September	4.7 h	140 h
October	3.2 h	98 h
November	1.7 h	51 h
December	1.2 h	36 h

Climate in Kippel

4.8 °Cmean temperature

20.9 °CJuly daily high

−7.8 °CJanuary nightly low

1077 mmrain and snow a year

1409 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

1382 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Valais

Evionnaz 1460 h
Blatten 1470 h
Bovernier 1470 h
Ferden 1470 h

Nearby

Wiler (Lötschen) 1510 h
Ferden 1470 h
Blatten 1470 h
Steg-Hohtenn 2000 h

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