Sunshine in Leukerbad

Leukerbad (VS) gets about 1340 hours of sunshine a year, 51% of the possible maximum, or 3.7 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 3% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 115 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 390 hours less than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 830 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1340 hsunshine a year

5.3 ha day in July

1.9 ha day in December

#115 / 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 11:16 to 15:15, and on 21 June from 07:23 to 18:01.

Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 3h 07m earlier than over a flat horizon (June).
Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 2h 47m later than over a flat horizon (December).

Month	per day	per month
January	2.2 h	69 h
February	2.9 h	82 h
March	3.7 h	114 h
April	4.1 h	124 h
May	4.6 h	142 h
June	5.1 h	154 h
July	5.3 h	164 h
August	4.7 h	147 h
September	4.1 h	123 h
October	3.3 h	101 h
November	2.2 h	67 h
December	1.9 h	58 h

Climate in Leukerbad

5.9 °Cmean temperature

21.0 °CJuly daily high

−5.7 °CJanuary nightly low

1215 mmrain and snow a year

1381 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

1387 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Valais

Randa 1320 h
St. Niklaus 1310 h
Bourg-Saint-Pierre 1380 h
Täsch 1290 h

Nearby

Inden 1560 h
Albinen 1820 h
Leuk 2010 h
Varen 2090 h

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