Swiss SunSunshine in Saas-Almagell
Saas-Almagell (VS) gets about 1200 hours of sunshine a year, 53% of the possible maximum, or 3.3 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 1% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 121 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 540 hours less than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 1090 hours a year, already taken into account.
Explore Saas-Almagell 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 10:40 to 13:54, and on 21 June from 09:21 to 19:11.
- Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 3h 30m later than over a flat horizon (June).
- Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 3h 29m earlier than over a flat horizon (September).
| Month | per day | per month |
|---|---|---|
| January | 2.0 h | 61 h |
| February | 2.7 h | 74 h |
| March | 3.2 h | 99 h |
| April | 3.4 h | 103 h |
| May | 4.0 h | 125 h |
| June | 4.9 h | 147 h |
| July | 5.1 h | 158 h |
| August | 4.3 h | 133 h |
| September | 3.4 h | 102 h |
| October | 2.8 h | 87 h |
| November | 1.9 h | 58 h |
| December | 1.6 h | 51 h |
Climate in Saas-Almagell
Similar sunshine in Valais
- Saas-Balen 1220 h
- Trient 1220 h
- Täsch 1290 h
- St. Niklaus 1310 h
Nearby
- Saas-Fee 1490 h
- Saas-Grund 1430 h
- Saas-Balen 1220 h
- Eisten 1010 h
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