Swiss SunSunshine in Salvan
Salvan (VS) gets about 1740 hours of sunshine a year, 54% of the possible maximum, or 4.8 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 69% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 61 of 123 places in Valais. Mountains around it block about 520 hours a year, already taken into account.
Explore Salvan on the sunshine map1740 hsunshine a year
7.0 ha day in July
2.2 ha day in December
#61 / 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 11:05 to 15:36, and on 21 June from 06:35 to 18:34.
- Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 2h 29m earlier than over a flat horizon (June).
- Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 2h 28m later than over a flat horizon (December).
| Month | per day | per month |
|---|---|---|
| January | 2.7 h | 83 h |
| February | 3.5 h | 97 h |
| March | 4.8 h | 149 h |
| April | 5.6 h | 168 h |
| May | 5.7 h | 178 h |
| June | 6.6 h | 198 h |
| July | 7.0 h | 218 h |
| August | 6.8 h | 210 h |
| September | 5.7 h | 170 h |
| October | 3.9 h | 120 h |
| November | 2.7 h | 80 h |
| December | 2.2 h | 68 h |
Climate in Salvan
7.9 °Cmean temperature
22.9 °CJuly daily high
−4.1 °CJanuary nightly low
1202 mmrain and snow a year
1343 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
923 mabove sea level
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- Martigny 1760 h
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