Sunshine in Le Chenit

Le Chenit (VD) gets about 1790 hours of sunshine a year, 45% of the possible maximum, or 4.9 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 78% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 185 of 300 places in Vaud. That's about 30 hours less than the Vaud average of 1820. Mountains around it block about 110 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1790 hsunshine a year

7.4 ha day in July

2.7 ha day in December

#185 / 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.

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 09:27 to 16:28, and on 21 June from 06:05 to 20:33.

Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 46 min later than over a flat horizon (December).
Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 37 min earlier than over a flat horizon (June).

Month	per day	per month
January	3.1 h	97 h
February	3.7 h	102 h
March	4.8 h	148 h
April	5.3 h	160 h
May	5.6 h	175 h
June	7.0 h	209 h
July	7.4 h	231 h
August	6.8 h	210 h
September	5.5 h	164 h
October	4.1 h	129 h
November	2.9 h	87 h
December	2.7 h	83 h

Climate in Le Chenit

6.8 °Cmean temperature

20.5 °CJuly daily high

−4.9 °CJanuary nightly low

1641 mmrain and snow a year

1286 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

1013 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Vaud

Cronay 1790 h
Essertines-sur-Yverdon 1790 h
Bex 1800 h
Champtauroz 1790 h

Nearby

Le Lieu 1780 h
Berolle 1760 h
L'Abbaye 1700 h
Saint-George 1810 h

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