Swiss SunSunshine in Puidoux
Puidoux (VD) gets about 1790 hours of sunshine a year, 47% of the possible maximum, or 4.9 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 77% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 192 of 300 places in Vaud. That's about 30 hours less than the Vaud average of 1820. Mountains around it block about 170 hours a year, already taken into account.
Explore Puidoux on the sunshine map1790 hsunshine a year
7.5 ha day in July
2.2 ha day in December
#192 / 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 09:13 to 16:21, and on 21 June from 07:06 to 20:34.
- Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 59 min later than over a flat horizon (June).
| Month | per day | per month |
|---|---|---|
| January | 2.6 h | 81 h |
| February | 3.6 h | 100 h |
| March | 4.9 h | 152 h |
| April | 5.7 h | 170 h |
| May | 6.0 h | 187 h |
| June | 7.1 h | 212 h |
| July | 7.5 h | 231 h |
| August | 6.8 h | 212 h |
| September | 5.6 h | 168 h |
| October | 4.0 h | 125 h |
| November | 2.7 h | 82 h |
| December | 2.2 h | 68 h |
Climate in Puidoux
10.0 °Cmean temperature
24.0 °CJuly daily high
−1.0 °CJanuary nightly low
1199 mmrain and snow a year
1376 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
599 mabove sea level
Similar sunshine in Vaud
- Avenches 1790 h
- Château-d'Oex 1790 h
- Bournens 1790 h
- Dizy 1790 h
Nearby
- Chexbres 1930 h
- Rivaz 1900 h
- Saint-Saphorin (Lavaux) 1910 h
- Bourg-en-Lavaux 1890 h
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