Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Le Lieu

Le Lieu (VD) gets about 1780 hours of sunshine a year, 44% of the possible maximum, or 4.9 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 75% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 205 of 300 places in Vaud. That's about 40 hours less than the Vaud average of 1820. Mountains around it block about 80 hours a year, already taken into account.

Explore Le Lieu on the sunshine map
1780 hsunshine a year
7.4 ha day in July
2.7 ha day in December
#205 / 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: 3.1 h a dayFebruary: 3.6 h a dayMarch: 4.8 h a dayApril: 5.2 h a dayMay: 5.5 h a dayJune: 6.9 h a dayJuly: 7.4 h a dayAugust: 6.8 h a daySeptember: 5.5 h a dayOctober: 4.1 h a dayNovember: 2.8 h a dayDecember: 2.7 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 09:14 to 16:28, and on 21 June from 06:11 to 20:43.

Monthper dayper month
January3.1 h97 h
February3.6 h102 h
March4.8 h148 h
April5.2 h157 h
May5.5 h170 h
June6.9 h206 h
July7.4 h229 h
August6.8 h210 h
September5.5 h164 h
October4.1 h127 h
November2.8 h84 h
December2.7 h84 h

Climate in Le Lieu

6.7 °Cmean temperature
20.2 °CJuly daily high
−5.3 °CJanuary nightly low
1633 mmrain and snow a year
1253 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
1036 mabove sea level

All 300 places in Vaud ranked by sunshine · Sunniest towns in Switzerland · Look up any address in Le Lieu