Sunshine in Saxon

Saxon (VS) gets about 1760 hours of sunshine a year, 56% of the possible maximum, or 4.8 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 71% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 59 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 20 hours more than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 530 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1760 hsunshine a year

7.9 ha day in July

1.3 ha day in December

#59 / 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 13:32 to 15:39, and on 21 June from 06:21 to 19:42.

Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 4h 50m later than over a flat horizon (December).
Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 1h 16m earlier than over a flat horizon (June).

Month	per day	per month
January	2.2 h	70 h
February	3.4 h	94 h
March	4.7 h	145 h
April	5.6 h	168 h
May	6.1 h	190 h
June	7.6 h	229 h
July	7.9 h	245 h
August	7.1 h	220 h
September	5.6 h	167 h
October	3.7 h	116 h
November	2.4 h	71 h
December	1.3 h	41 h

Climate in Saxon

10.3 °Cmean temperature

26.6 °CJuly daily high

−3.1 °CJanuary nightly low

819 mmrain and snow a year

1387 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

492 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Valais

Martigny 1760 h
Oberems 1750 h
Lalden 1770 h
Port-Valais 1770 h

Nearby

Saillon 1940 h
Riddes 1800 h
Leytron 2020 h
Fully 1900 h

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