Swiss SunSunshine in Saas-Fee
Saas-Fee (VS) gets about 1490 hours of sunshine a year, 55% of the possible maximum, or 4.1 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 7% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 100 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 240 hours less than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 860 hours a year, already taken into account.
Explore Saas-Fee 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 12:40 to 14:16, and on 21 June from 07:42 to 18:31.
- Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 4h 19m later than over a flat horizon (December).
- Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 2h 40m earlier than over a flat horizon (June).
| Month | per day | per month |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1.4 h | 45 h |
| February | 3.6 h | 101 h |
| March | 4.8 h | 148 h |
| April | 4.9 h | 148 h |
| May | 5.0 h | 154 h |
| June | 5.6 h | 167 h |
| July | 5.9 h | 183 h |
| August | 5.7 h | 178 h |
| September | 5.2 h | 156 h |
| October | 4.2 h | 130 h |
| November | 1.9 h | 57 h |
| December | 0.8 h | 26 h |
Climate in Saas-Fee
Similar sunshine in Valais
- Ernen 1490 h
- Evolène 1490 h
- Dorénaz 1480 h
- Wiler (Lötschen) 1510 h
Nearby
- Saas-Grund 1430 h
- Saas-Almagell 1200 h
- Saas-Balen 1220 h
- Eisten 1010 h
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