Swiss SunSunshine in Leuk
Leuk (VS) gets about 2010 hours of sunshine a year, 56% of the possible maximum, or 5.5 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 97% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 26 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 280 hours more than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 310 hours a year, already taken into account.
Explore Leuk on the sunshine map2010 hsunshine a year
7.5 ha day in July
2.3 ha day in December
#26 / 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 10:25 to 14:33, and on 21 June from 07:39 to 20:09.
- Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 1h 47m later than over a flat horizon (December).
- Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 1h 46m earlier than over a flat horizon (December).
| Month | per day | per month |
|---|---|---|
| January | 3.5 h | 108 h |
| February | 4.8 h | 136 h |
| March | 5.8 h | 180 h |
| April | 6.2 h | 186 h |
| May | 6.3 h | 196 h |
| June | 7.1 h | 212 h |
| July | 7.5 h | 233 h |
| August | 7.1 h | 220 h |
| September | 6.5 h | 196 h |
| October | 5.3 h | 163 h |
| November | 3.7 h | 111 h |
| December | 2.3 h | 70 h |
Climate in Leuk
9.6 °Cmean temperature
26.3 °CJuly daily high
−4.6 °CJanuary nightly low
670 mmrain and snow a year
1389 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
728 mabove sea level
Similar sunshine in Valais
- Niedergesteln 2010 h
- Ardon 2010 h
- Icogne 2010 h
- Chamoson 2010 h
Nearby
- Varen 2090 h
- Albinen 1820 h
- Guttet-Feschel 2110 h
- Inden 1560 h
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