Swiss SunSunshine in Leysin
Leysin (VD) gets about 1920 hours of sunshine a year, 51% of the possible maximum, or 5.3 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 91% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 43 of 300 places in Vaud. That's about 100 hours more than the Vaud average of 1820. Mountains around it block about 230 hours a year, already taken into account.
Explore Leysin on the sunshine map1920 hsunshine a year
7.0 ha day in July
3.3 ha day in December
#43 / 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 09:17 to 16:25, and on 21 June from 06:20 to 19:29.
- Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 1h 40m earlier than over a flat horizon (June).
- Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 44 min later than over a flat horizon (February).
| Month | per day | per month |
|---|---|---|
| January | 3.8 h | 116 h |
| February | 4.5 h | 127 h |
| March | 5.1 h | 159 h |
| April | 5.8 h | 174 h |
| May | 5.8 h | 178 h |
| June | 6.6 h | 197 h |
| July | 7.0 h | 216 h |
| August | 6.8 h | 211 h |
| September | 6.0 h | 180 h |
| October | 4.8 h | 148 h |
| November | 3.6 h | 109 h |
| December | 3.3 h | 101 h |
Climate in Leysin
6.2 °Cmean temperature
20.1 °CJuly daily high
−4.7 °CJanuary nightly low
1390 mmrain and snow a year
1344 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
1256 mabove sea level
Similar sunshine in Vaud
- Corseaux 1920 h
- Echandens 1920 h
- Saint-Sulpice (VD) 1920 h
- Chavannes-des-Bois 1920 h
Nearby
- Ormont-Dessous 1650 h
- Yvorne 1750 h
- Corbeyrier 1800 h
- Aigle 1870 h
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