Swiss SunSunshine in Provence
Provence (VD) gets about 1700 hours of sunshine a year, 44% of the possible maximum, or 4.7 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 60% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 279 of 300 places in Vaud. That's about 120 hours less than the Vaud average of 1820. Mountains around it block about 110 hours a year, already taken into account.
Explore Provence on the sunshine mapSunshine 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 08:43 to 15:34, and on 21 June from 06:05 to 20:00.
- Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 1h 06m earlier than over a flat horizon (June).
| Month | per day | per month |
|---|---|---|
| January | 2.2 h | 69 h |
| February | 3.3 h | 91 h |
| March | 4.6 h | 144 h |
| April | 5.6 h | 169 h |
| May | 6.0 h | 187 h |
| June | 6.9 h | 208 h |
| July | 7.4 h | 230 h |
| August | 6.9 h | 215 h |
| September | 5.4 h | 162 h |
| October | 3.4 h | 105 h |
| November | 2.0 h | 61 h |
| December | 1.9 h | 58 h |
Climate in Provence
Similar sunshine in Vaud
- Sainte-Croix 1700 h
- Rances 1700 h
- Croy 1700 h
- Premier 1700 h
Nearby
- Mutrux 1680 h
- Concise 1730 h
- Corcelles-près-Concise 1740 h
- Onnens (VD) 1760 h
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