Sunshine in Saas-Balen

Saas-Balen (VS) gets about 1220 hours of sunshine a year, 54% 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 120 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 520 hours less than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 1100 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1220 hsunshine a year

5.1 ha day in July

1.6 ha day in December

#120 / 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 10:47 to 14:00, and on 21 June from 08:52 to 17:59.

Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 3h 10m earlier than over a flat horizon (August).
Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 2h 58m later than over a flat horizon (June).

Month	per day	per month
January	2.0 h	61 h
February	2.7 h	75 h
March	3.3 h	101 h
April	3.6 h	109 h
May	4.0 h	124 h
June	4.8 h	143 h
July	5.1 h	157 h
August	4.5 h	140 h
September	3.6 h	109 h
October	2.9 h	90 h
November	2.0 h	59 h
December	1.6 h	50 h

Climate in Saas-Balen

5.3 °Cmean temperature

20.4 °CJuly daily high

−5.8 °CJanuary nightly low

952 mmrain and snow a year

1332 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

1489 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Valais

Trient 1220 h
Saas-Almagell 1200 h
Täsch 1290 h
St. Niklaus 1310 h

Nearby

Saas-Grund 1430 h
Saas-Fee 1490 h
Eisten 1010 h
Saas-Almagell 1200 h

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