Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Massongex

Massongex (VS) gets about 1800 hours of sunshine a year, 54% of the possible maximum, or 4.9 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 79% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 49 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 60 hours more than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 380 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1800 hsunshine a year
8.0 ha day in July
1.9 ha day in December
#49 / 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.

0h5h10h15hJanuary: 2.3 h a dayFebruary: 3.2 h a dayMarch: 4.7 h a dayApril: 5.8 h a dayMay: 6.4 h a dayJune: 7.6 h a dayJuly: 8.0 h a dayAugust: 7.2 h a daySeptember: 5.8 h a dayOctober: 3.8 h a dayNovember: 2.4 h a dayDecember: 1.9 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 09:41 to 14:10, and on 21 June from 06:38 to 20:20.

Monthper dayper month
January2.3 h70 h
February3.2 h90 h
March4.7 h146 h
April5.8 h175 h
May6.4 h198 h
June7.6 h228 h
July8.0 h246 h
August7.2 h222 h
September5.8 h174 h
October3.8 h117 h
November2.4 h73 h
December1.9 h58 h

Climate in Massongex

10.3 °Cmean temperature
25.3 °CJuly daily high
−2.0 °CJanuary nightly low
1014 mmrain and snow a year
1324 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
398 mabove sea level

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