Sunshine in Varen

Varen (VS) gets about 2090 hours of sunshine a year, 56% of the possible maximum, or 5.7 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 98% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 14 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 350 hours more than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 250 hours a year, already taken into account.

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2090 hsunshine a year

7.6 ha day in July

2.9 ha day in December

#14 / 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 10:08 to 16:21, and on 21 June from 07:06 to 19:38.

Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 1h 30m later than over a flat horizon (December).
Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 1h 22m earlier than over a flat horizon (June).

Month	per day	per month
January	3.6 h	112 h
February	5.0 h	139 h
March	6.1 h	189 h
April	6.4 h	193 h
May	6.4 h	199 h
June	7.1 h	214 h
July	7.6 h	236 h
August	7.4 h	228 h
September	6.9 h	206 h
October	5.4 h	169 h
November	3.7 h	112 h
December	2.9 h	91 h

Climate in Varen

9.6 °Cmean temperature

26.2 °CJuly daily high

−4.6 °CJanuary nightly low

695 mmrain and snow a year

1386 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

769 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Valais

Vétroz 2090 h
Noble-Contrée 2100 h
Mont-Noble 2080 h
Chalais 2110 h

Nearby

Leuk 2010 h
Inden 1560 h
Salgesch 2020 h
Albinen 1820 h

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