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Sunshine in Ropraz

Ropraz (VD) gets about 1840 hours of sunshine a year, 45% of the possible maximum, or 5.0 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 85% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 133 of 300 places in Vaud. That's about 20 hours more than the Vaud average of 1820. Mountains around it block about 30 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1840 hsunshine a year
8.0 ha day in July
2.1 ha day in December
#133 / 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: 2.5 h a dayFebruary: 3.6 h a dayMarch: 5.1 h a dayApril: 5.9 h a dayMay: 6.4 h a dayJune: 7.5 h a dayJuly: 8.0 h a dayAugust: 7.3 h a daySeptember: 5.7 h a dayOctober: 3.8 h a dayNovember: 2.4 h a dayDecember: 2.1 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 08:43 to 16:22, and on 21 June from 06:06 to 20:49.

Monthper dayper month
January2.5 h79 h
February3.6 h100 h
March5.1 h157 h
April5.9 h178 h
May6.4 h197 h
June7.5 h225 h
July8.0 h247 h
August7.3 h226 h
September5.7 h171 h
October3.8 h119 h
November2.4 h73 h
December2.1 h66 h

Climate in Ropraz

9.1 °Cmean temperature
23.3 °CJuly daily high
−2.0 °CJanuary nightly low
1154 mmrain and snow a year
1359 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
734 mabove sea level

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