Sunshine in Naters

Naters (VS) gets about 1820 hours of sunshine a year, 56% of the possible maximum, or 5.0 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 82% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 47 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 80 hours more than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 490 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1820 hsunshine a year

7.3 ha day in July

2.3 ha day in December

#47 / 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 09:56 to 15:10, and on 21 June from 06:33 to 18:48.

Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 2h 10m earlier than over a flat horizon (June).
Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 1h 21m later than over a flat horizon (August).

Month	per day	per month
January	3.1 h	96 h
February	4.2 h	118 h
March	5.0 h	156 h
April	5.4 h	162 h
May	5.9 h	181 h
June	7.0 h	211 h
July	7.3 h	228 h
August	6.5 h	201 h
September	5.5 h	166 h
October	4.4 h	135 h
November	3.0 h	90 h
December	2.3 h	70 h

Climate in Naters

8.8 °Cmean temperature

25.6 °CJuly daily high

−5.7 °CJanuary nightly low

689 mmrain and snow a year

1377 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

678 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Valais

Hérémence 1820 h
Albinen 1820 h
Chippis 1830 h
Riddes 1800 h

Nearby

Bitsch 1730 h
Ried-Brig 1650 h
Termen 1720 h
Brig 1540 h

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