Sunshine in Troistorrents

Troistorrents (VS) gets about 1680 hours of sunshine a year, 51% of the possible maximum, or 4.6 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 55% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 70 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 60 hours less than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 470 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1680 hsunshine a year

6.1 ha day in July

2.7 ha day in December

#70 / 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 10:10 to 15:38, and on 21 June from 07:16 to 19:04.

Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 2h 07m earlier than over a flat horizon (July).
Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 1h 36m later than over a flat horizon (December).

Month	per day	per month
January	3.1 h	97 h
February	4.0 h	112 h
March	4.7 h	146 h
April	4.9 h	147 h
May	4.8 h	149 h
June	5.7 h	171 h
July	6.1 h	189 h
August	5.8 h	180 h
September	5.4 h	162 h
October	4.6 h	143 h
November	3.3 h	99 h
December	2.7 h	82 h

Climate in Troistorrents

5.8 °Cmean temperature

19.2 °CJuly daily high

−4.6 °CJanuary nightly low

1758 mmrain and snow a year

1333 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

1330 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Valais

Collombey-Muraz 1670 h
Vouvry 1670 h
Goms 1680 h
Fiesch 1670 h

Nearby

Val-d'Illiez 1570 h
Champéry 1450 h
Monthey 1780 h
Collombey-Muraz 1670 h

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