Sunshine in Val-d'Illiez

Val-d'Illiez (VS) gets about 1570 hours of sunshine a year, 52% of the possible maximum, or 4.3 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 15% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 87 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 160 hours less than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 590 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1570 hsunshine a year

6.6 ha day in July

1.9 ha day in December

#87 / 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 11:24 to 15:31, and on 21 June from 06:41 to 19:01.

Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 2h 48m later than over a flat horizon (December).
Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 2h 04m earlier than over a flat horizon (June).

Month	per day	per month
January	2.3 h	73 h
February	3.2 h	89 h
March	4.1 h	127 h
April	4.9 h	146 h
May	5.2 h	162 h
June	6.2 h	187 h
July	6.6 h	204 h
August	6.1 h	189 h
September	5.0 h	151 h
October	3.7 h	114 h
November	2.4 h	73 h
December	1.9 h	60 h

Climate in Val-d'Illiez

6.8 °Cmean temperature

20.8 °CJuly daily high

−4.4 °CJanuary nightly low

1455 mmrain and snow a year

1257 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

967 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Valais

Liddes 1580 h
Anniviers 1570 h
Obergoms 1580 h
Staldenried 1570 h

Nearby

Champéry 1450 h
Troistorrents 1680 h
Monthey 1780 h
Vérossaz 1620 h

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