Swiss SunSunshine in Salgesch
Salgesch (VS) gets about 2020 hours of sunshine a year, 56% of the possible maximum, or 5.5 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 97% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 22 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 280 hours more than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 300 hours a year, already taken into account.
Explore Salgesch 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 11:06 to 16:16, and on 21 June from 06:51 to 19:46.
- Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 2h 26m later than over a flat horizon (December).
- Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 1h 12m earlier than over a flat horizon (June).
| Month | per day | per month |
|---|---|---|
| January | 3.0 h | 92 h |
| February | 4.4 h | 124 h |
| March | 5.8 h | 181 h |
| April | 6.5 h | 195 h |
| May | 6.5 h | 203 h |
| June | 7.4 h | 223 h |
| July | 7.9 h | 245 h |
| August | 7.6 h | 235 h |
| September | 6.7 h | 202 h |
| October | 4.9 h | 153 h |
| November | 3.1 h | 92 h |
| December | 2.4 h | 75 h |
Climate in Salgesch
Similar sunshine in Valais
- Leytron 2020 h
- Raron 2020 h
- Bettmeralp 2020 h
- Icogne 2010 h
Nearby
- Noble-Contrée 2100 h
- Varen 2090 h
- Chippis 1830 h
- Leuk 2010 h
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