Sunshine in Ormont-Dessus

Ormont-Dessus (VD) gets about 1730 hours of sunshine a year, 52% of the possible maximum, or 4.7 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 67% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 259 of 300 places in Vaud. That's about 90 hours less than the Vaud average of 1820. Mountains around it block about 470 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1730 hsunshine a year

7.2 ha day in July

1.8 ha day in December

#259 / 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.

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 11:05 to 14:49, and on 21 June from 07:02 to 20:36.

Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 2h 32m later than over a flat horizon (December).
Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 1h 39m earlier than over a flat horizon (November).

Month	per day	per month
January	2.3 h	70 h
February	3.4 h	95 h
March	4.6 h	144 h
April	5.7 h	172 h
May	5.8 h	180 h
June	6.7 h	202 h
July	7.2 h	222 h
August	6.9 h	215 h
September	5.6 h	168 h
October	4.1 h	126 h
November	2.5 h	76 h
December	1.8 h	56 h

Climate in Ormont-Dessus

6.5 °Cmean temperature

20.4 °CJuly daily high

−4.6 °CJanuary nightly low

1518 mmrain and snow a year

1351 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

1182 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Vaud

Agiez 1730 h
Montcherand 1730 h
Moudon 1720 h
Mollens (VD) 1720 h

Nearby

Ormont-Dessous 1650 h
Gsteig 1520 h
Gryon 1870 h
Leysin 1920 h

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