Sunshine in Saas-Grund

Saas-Grund (VS) gets about 1430 hours of sunshine a year, 54% of the possible maximum, or 3.9 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 5% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 112 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 310 hours less than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 880 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1430 hsunshine a year

5.4 ha day in July

2.3 ha day in December

#112 / 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 10:00 to 14:39, and on 21 June from 08:52 to 18:35.

Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 2h 59m later than over a flat horizon (June).
Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 2h 33m earlier than over a flat horizon (June).

Month	per day	per month
January	2.7 h	84 h
February	3.4 h	96 h
March	3.9 h	121 h
April	4.2 h	126 h
May	4.4 h	136 h
June	5.0 h	151 h
July	5.4 h	168 h
August	5.2 h	161 h
September	4.3 h	128 h
October	3.5 h	110 h
November	2.6 h	77 h
December	2.3 h	72 h

Climate in Saas-Grund

4.7 °Cmean temperature

19.9 °CJuly daily high

−6.5 °CJanuary nightly low

772 mmrain and snow a year

1348 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

1560 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Valais

Collonges 1440 h
Saint-Maurice 1440 h
Champéry 1450 h
Binn 1400 h

Nearby

Saas-Fee 1490 h
Saas-Almagell 1200 h
Saas-Balen 1220 h
Eisten 1010 h

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