Swiss SunSunshine in Raron
Raron (VS) gets about 2020 hours of sunshine a year, 58% of the possible maximum, or 5.5 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 97% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 20 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 290 hours more than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 330 hours a year, already taken into account.
Explore Raron 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 10:17 to 14:19, and on 21 June from 07:05 to 20:11.
- Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 1h 59m earlier than over a flat horizon (December).
- Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 1h 38m later than over a flat horizon (December).
| Month | per day | per month |
|---|---|---|
| January | 2.4 h | 75 h |
| February | 4.1 h | 115 h |
| March | 6.0 h | 187 h |
| April | 6.8 h | 203 h |
| May | 6.9 h | 214 h |
| June | 7.8 h | 235 h |
| July | 8.4 h | 259 h |
| August | 7.9 h | 245 h |
| September | 6.9 h | 206 h |
| October | 4.7 h | 147 h |
| November | 2.6 h | 77 h |
| December | 1.9 h | 59 h |
Climate in Raron
Similar sunshine in Valais
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- Salgesch 2020 h
- Icogne 2010 h
Nearby
- Niedergesteln 2010 h
- Eischoll 1980 h
- Unterbäch 1950 h
- Ausserberg 2040 h
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