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Sunshine in Rivaz

Rivaz (VD) gets about 1900 hours of sunshine a year, 48% of the possible maximum, or 5.2 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 90% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 67 of 300 places in Vaud. That's about 80 hours more than the Vaud average of 1820. Mountains around it block about 70 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1900 hsunshine a year
7.8 ha day in July
2.3 ha day in December
#67 / 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.

0h5h10h15hJanuary: 2.7 h a dayFebruary: 3.8 h a dayMarch: 5.3 h a dayApril: 6.2 h a dayMay: 6.4 h a dayJune: 7.3 h a dayJuly: 7.8 h a dayAugust: 7.3 h a daySeptember: 6.1 h a dayOctober: 4.3 h a dayNovember: 2.9 h a dayDecember: 2.3 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:49 to 16:18, and on 21 June from 06:55 to 20:39.

Monthper dayper month
January2.7 h85 h
February3.8 h105 h
March5.3 h165 h
April6.2 h185 h
May6.4 h198 h
June7.3 h218 h
July7.8 h241 h
August7.3 h227 h
September6.1 h183 h
October4.3 h135 h
November2.9 h88 h
December2.3 h72 h

Climate in Rivaz

11.1 °Cmean temperature
25.0 °CJuly daily high
0.3 °CJanuary nightly low
1186 mmrain and snow a year
1342 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
430 mabove sea level

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