Swiss SunSunshine in Rances
Rances (VD) gets about 1700 hours of sunshine a year, 42% of the possible maximum, or 4.6 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 60% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 280 of 300 places in Vaud. That's about 120 hours less than the Vaud average of 1820. Mountains around it block about 70 hours a year, already taken into account.
Explore Rances on the sunshine map1700 hsunshine a year
7.7 ha day in July
1.5 ha day in December
#280 / 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 08:46 to 16:21, and on 21 June from 06:08 to 20:10.
- Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 53 min earlier than over a flat horizon (June).
| Month | per day | per month |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1.8 h | 55 h |
| February | 3.1 h | 87 h |
| March | 4.7 h | 146 h |
| April | 5.6 h | 167 h |
| May | 6.1 h | 188 h |
| June | 7.2 h | 217 h |
| July | 7.7 h | 239 h |
| August | 7.0 h | 218 h |
| September | 5.5 h | 164 h |
| October | 3.4 h | 106 h |
| November | 2.1 h | 63 h |
| December | 1.5 h | 47 h |
Climate in Rances
9.7 °Cmean temperature
23.4 °CJuly daily high
−1.2 °CJanuary nightly low
1041 mmrain and snow a year
1274 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
569 mabove sea level
Similar sunshine in Vaud
- Provence 1700 h
- Sainte-Croix 1700 h
- La Praz 1700 h
- Croy 1700 h
Nearby
- Valeyres-sous-Rances 1690 h
- Sergey 1690 h
- Mathod 1720 h
- L'Abergement 1670 h
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