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Sunshine in Oppens

Oppens (VD) gets about 1790 hours of sunshine a year, 44% of the possible maximum, or 4.9 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 78% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 189 of 300 places in Vaud. That's about 30 hours less than the Vaud average of 1820. Mountains around it block about 30 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1790 hsunshine a year
8.2 ha day in July
1.6 ha day in December
#189 / 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: 1.9 h a dayFebruary: 3.2 h a dayMarch: 4.9 h a dayApril: 5.9 h a dayMay: 6.5 h a dayJune: 7.7 h a dayJuly: 8.2 h a dayAugust: 7.4 h a daySeptember: 5.6 h a dayOctober: 3.6 h a dayNovember: 2.3 h a dayDecember: 1.6 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:46 to 16:15, and on 21 June from 06:08 to 20:54.

Monthper dayper month
January1.9 h59 h
February3.2 h91 h
March4.9 h153 h
April5.9 h178 h
May6.5 h201 h
June7.7 h231 h
July8.2 h253 h
August7.4 h228 h
September5.6 h168 h
October3.6 h112 h
November2.3 h68 h
December1.6 h49 h

Climate in Oppens

9.7 °Cmean temperature
23.9 °CJuly daily high
−1.5 °CJanuary nightly low
986 mmrain and snow a year
1339 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
554 mabove sea level

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