Sunshine in Riederalp

Riederalp (VS) gets about 1770 hours of sunshine a year, 54% of the possible maximum, or 4.9 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 74% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 55 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 40 hours more than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 510 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1770 hsunshine a year

7.2 ha day in July

2.5 ha day in December

#55 / 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 10:18 to 15:38, and on 21 June from 06:06 to 18:28.

Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 2h 35m earlier than over a flat horizon (June).
Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 1h 48m later than over a flat horizon (December).

Month	per day	per month
January	2.9 h	91 h
February	3.7 h	104 h
March	4.8 h	149 h
April	5.6 h	167 h
May	5.9 h	182 h
June	6.7 h	202 h
July	7.2 h	222 h
August	6.7 h	207 h
September	5.5 h	165 h
October	4.0 h	123 h
November	2.7 h	80 h
December	2.5 h	78 h

Climate in Riederalp

5.7 °Cmean temperature

22.3 °CJuly daily high

−8.5 °CJanuary nightly low

915 mmrain and snow a year

1394 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

1202 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Valais

Port-Valais 1770 h
Lalden 1770 h
Visperterminen 1780 h
Visp 1780 h

Nearby

Mörel-Filet 1640 h
Bitsch 1730 h
Bister 1560 h
Termen 1720 h

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