Sunshine in Nendaz

Nendaz (VS) gets about 1940 hours of sunshine a year, 55% 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 35 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 200 hours more than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 400 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1940 hsunshine a year

8.4 ha day in July

0.5 ha day in December

#35 / 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 13:40 to 14:22, and on 21 June from 05:59 to 20:39.

Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 5h 10m later than over a flat horizon (December).
Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 2h 09m earlier than over a flat horizon (December).

Month	per day	per month
January	1.8 h	56 h
February	4.4 h	123 h
March	5.7 h	176 h
April	6.4 h	193 h
May	6.8 h	212 h
June	7.9 h	236 h
July	8.4 h	259 h
August	7.8 h	243 h
September	6.5 h	195 h
October	5.0 h	154 h
November	2.5 h	76 h
December	0.5 h	15 h

Climate in Nendaz

7.2 °Cmean temperature

22.6 °CJuly daily high

−5.1 °CJanuary nightly low

832 mmrain and snow a year

1323 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

1417 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Valais

Saillon 1940 h
Veysonnaz 1950 h
Unterbäch 1950 h
Saint-Martin (VS) 1950 h

Nearby

Isérables 1670 h
Ardon 2010 h
Veysonnaz 1950 h
Riddes 1800 h

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