Sunshine in Lax

Lax (VS) gets about 1700 hours of sunshine a year, 53% of the possible maximum, or 4.6 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 60% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 67 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 40 hours less than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 510 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1700 hsunshine a year

6.8 ha day in July

2.1 ha day in December

#67 / 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 11:31 to 15:45, and on 21 June from 06:43 to 19:01.

Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 2h 59m later than over a flat horizon (December).
Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 2h 01m earlier than over a flat horizon (June).

Month	per day	per month
January	2.6 h	79 h
February	4.2 h	117 h
March	4.8 h	149 h
April	5.0 h	151 h
May	5.3 h	166 h
June	6.4 h	192 h
July	6.8 h	210 h
August	6.2 h	192 h
September	5.4 h	161 h
October	4.5 h	139 h
November	2.5 h	76 h
December	2.1 h	65 h

Climate in Lax

7.1 °Cmean temperature

23.4 °CJuly daily high

−7.6 °CJanuary nightly low

865 mmrain and snow a year

1347 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

1063 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Valais

Val de Bagnes 1700 h
Vionnaz 1690 h
Sembrancher 1710 h
Goms 1680 h

Nearby

Fiesch 1670 h
Grengiols 1590 h
Ernen 1490 h
Bettmeralp 2020 h

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