Sunshine in Turtmann-Unterems

Turtmann-Unterems (VS) gets about 1790 hours of sunshine a year, 56% of the possible maximum, or 4.9 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 77% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 50 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 50 hours more than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 490 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1790 hsunshine a year

8.1 ha day in July

1.0 ha day in December

#50 / 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 11:22 to 13:24, and on 21 June from 06:44 to 20:26.

Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 2h 54m earlier than over a flat horizon (December).
Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 2h 46m later than over a flat horizon (January).

Month	per day	per month
January	1.3 h	41 h
February	2.9 h	80 h
March	5.2 h	162 h
April	6.6 h	197 h
May	6.7 h	207 h
June	7.6 h	228 h
July	8.1 h	252 h
August	7.7 h	239 h
September	6.5 h	194 h
October	3.6 h	113 h
November	1.5 h	45 h
December	1.0 h	31 h

Climate in Turtmann-Unterems

9.3 °Cmean temperature

26.2 °CJuly daily high

−5.1 °CJanuary nightly low

629 mmrain and snow a year

1336 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

629 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Valais

Grône 1790 h
Monthey 1780 h
Visp 1780 h
Visperterminen 1780 h

Nearby

Ergisch 1620 h
Oberems 1750 h
Agarn 1620 h
Gampel-Bratsch 1980 h

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