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Sunshine in La Sarraz

La Sarraz (VD) gets about 1770 hours of sunshine a year, 43% of the possible maximum, or 4.8 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 73% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 215 of 300 places in Vaud. That's about 50 hours less than the Vaud average of 1820.

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1770 hsunshine a year
8.1 ha day in July
1.4 ha day in December
#215 / 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: 1.7 h a dayFebruary: 3.1 h a dayMarch: 4.9 h a dayApril: 5.8 h a dayMay: 6.3 h a dayJune: 7.7 h a dayJuly: 8.1 h a dayAugust: 7.3 h a daySeptember: 5.7 h a dayOctober: 3.6 h a dayNovember: 2.3 h a dayDecember: 1.4 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:47 to 16:20, and on 21 June from 06:09 to 20:54.

Monthper dayper month
January1.7 h54 h
February3.1 h87 h
March4.9 h152 h
April5.8 h174 h
May6.3 h195 h
June7.7 h231 h
July8.1 h252 h
August7.3 h228 h
September5.7 h171 h
October3.6 h112 h
November2.3 h68 h
December1.4 h43 h

Climate in La Sarraz

10.6 °Cmean temperature
24.6 °CJuly daily high
−0.3 °CJanuary nightly low
921 mmrain and snow a year
1319 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
494 mabove sea level

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