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Sunshine in Montanaire

Montanaire (VD) gets about 1840 hours of sunshine a year, 44% of the possible maximum, or 5.0 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 85% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 132 of 300 places in Vaud. That's about 20 hours more than the Vaud average of 1820.

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1840 hsunshine a year
8.0 ha day in July
2.1 ha day in December
#132 / 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: 2.5 h a dayFebruary: 3.6 h a dayMarch: 5.0 h a dayApril: 6.0 h a dayMay: 6.5 h a dayJune: 7.6 h a dayJuly: 8.0 h a dayAugust: 7.3 h a daySeptember: 5.7 h a dayOctober: 3.8 h a dayNovember: 2.4 h a dayDecember: 2.1 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:42 to 16:23, and on 21 June from 06:04 to 21:05.

Monthper dayper month
January2.5 h76 h
February3.6 h100 h
March5.0 h155 h
April6.0 h179 h
May6.5 h201 h
June7.6 h227 h
July8.0 h248 h
August7.3 h227 h
September5.7 h171 h
October3.8 h117 h
November2.4 h72 h
December2.1 h65 h

Climate in Montanaire

8.7 °Cmean temperature
23.0 °CJuly daily high
−2.4 °CJanuary nightly low
1098 mmrain and snow a year
1354 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
780 mabove sea level

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