Sunshine in Premier

Premier (VD) gets about 1700 hours of sunshine a year, 43% of the possible maximum, or 4.7 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 61% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 276 of 300 places in Vaud. That's about 120 hours less than the Vaud average of 1820. Mountains around it block about 100 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1700 hsunshine a year

7.3 ha day in July

2.2 ha day in December

#276 / 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 08:42 to 16:06, and on 21 June from 06:05 to 19:57.

Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 1h 11m earlier than over a flat horizon (June).

Month	per day	per month
January	2.5 h	78 h
February	3.4 h	97 h
March	4.6 h	144 h
April	5.3 h	160 h
May	5.7 h	177 h
June	6.8 h	204 h
July	7.3 h	227 h
August	6.7 h	208 h
September	5.4 h	161 h
October	3.6 h	110 h
November	2.2 h	67 h
December	2.2 h	67 h

Climate in Premier

7.0 °Cmean temperature

20.7 °CJuly daily high

−4.7 °CJanuary nightly low

1501 mmrain and snow a year

1275 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

878 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Vaud

Croy 1700 h
Novalles 1700 h
Sainte-Croix 1700 h
Provence 1700 h

Nearby

Juriens 1700 h
Romainmôtier-Envy 1620 h
Bretonnières 1710 h
Croy 1700 h

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