Swiss SunSunshine in Le Vaud
Le Vaud (VD) gets about 1890 hours of sunshine a year, 46% of the possible maximum, or 5.2 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 89% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 87 of 300 places in Vaud. That's about 70 hours more than the Vaud average of 1820. Mountains around it block about 40 hours a year, already taken into account.
Explore Le Vaud on the sunshine map1890 hsunshine a year
7.9 ha day in July
2.6 ha day in December
#87 / 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 08:43 to 16:26, and on 21 June from 06:08 to 20:33.
- Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 34 min earlier than over a flat horizon (June).
| Month | per day | per month |
|---|---|---|
| January | 3.0 h | 94 h |
| February | 3.8 h | 107 h |
| March | 5.0 h | 154 h |
| April | 5.7 h | 171 h |
| May | 6.1 h | 190 h |
| June | 7.4 h | 222 h |
| July | 7.9 h | 244 h |
| August | 7.3 h | 225 h |
| September | 5.9 h | 177 h |
| October | 4.2 h | 131 h |
| November | 3.0 h | 90 h |
| December | 2.6 h | 81 h |
Climate in Le Vaud
8.9 °Cmean temperature
23.1 °CJuly daily high
−1.9 °CJanuary nightly low
1273 mmrain and snow a year
1326 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
818 mabove sea level
Similar sunshine in Vaud
- Longirod 1890 h
- Froideville 1890 h
- Bourg-en-Lavaux 1890 h
- Vinzel 1890 h
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