Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Mies

Mies (VD) gets about 1940 hours of sunshine a year, 48% of the possible maximum, or 5.3 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 94% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 5 of 300 places in Vaud. That's about 120 hours more than the Vaud average of 1820.

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1940 hsunshine a year
8.8 ha day in July
1.7 ha day in December
#5 / 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.

0h5h10h15hJanuary: 2.1 h a dayFebruary: 3.5 h a dayMarch: 5.4 h a dayApril: 6.4 h a dayMay: 7.0 h a dayJune: 8.3 h a dayJuly: 8.8 h a dayAugust: 8.0 h a daySeptember: 6.2 h a dayOctober: 3.9 h a dayNovember: 2.5 h a dayDecember: 1.7 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:48 to 16:21, and on 21 June from 06:14 to 20:55.

Monthper dayper month
January2.1 h65 h
February3.5 h97 h
March5.4 h168 h
April6.4 h192 h
May7.0 h216 h
June8.3 h248 h
July8.8 h272 h
August8.0 h247 h
September6.2 h186 h
October3.9 h122 h
November2.5 h74 h
December1.7 h53 h

Climate in Mies

11.0 °Cmean temperature
26.5 °CJuly daily high
−0.8 °CJanuary nightly low
929 mmrain and snow a year
1357 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
396 mabove sea level

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