Sunshine in Randa

Randa (VS) gets about 1320 hours of sunshine a year, 56% of the possible maximum, or 3.6 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 2% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 116 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 410 hours less than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 1070 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1320 hsunshine a year

5.5 ha day in July

1.8 ha day in December

#116 / 123in Valais

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 10:59 to 14:26, and on 21 June from 08:43 to 18:18.

Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 2h 52m earlier than over a flat horizon (May).
Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 2h 48m later than over a flat horizon (June).

Month	per day	per month
January	2.1 h	66 h
February	2.9 h	80 h
March	3.5 h	109 h
April	4.0 h	121 h
May	4.5 h	140 h
June	5.3 h	158 h
July	5.5 h	171 h
August	5.0 h	154 h
September	3.9 h	116 h
October	3.0 h	92 h
November	2.0 h	59 h
December	1.8 h	56 h

Climate in Randa

5.4 °Cmean temperature

20.4 °CJuly daily high

−5.6 °CJanuary nightly low

714 mmrain and snow a year

1340 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

1432 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Valais

St. Niklaus 1310 h
Leukerbad 1340 h
Täsch 1290 h
Bourg-Saint-Pierre 1380 h

Nearby

Täsch 1290 h
St. Niklaus 1310 h
Zermatt 1560 h
Saas-Fee 1490 h

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