Sunshine in Vaulion

Vaulion (VD) gets about 1590 hours of sunshine a year, 43% of the possible maximum, or 4.4 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 20% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 297 of 300 places in Vaud. That's about 230 hours less than the Vaud average of 1820. Mountains around it block about 210 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1590 hsunshine a year

7.2 ha day in July

1.9 ha day in December

#297 / 300in Vaud

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 10:11 to 16:02, and on 21 June from 06:09 to 20:06.

Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 1h 29m later than over a flat horizon (December).
Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 1h 02m earlier than over a flat horizon (June).

Month	per day	per month
January	2.2 h	69 h
February	3.0 h	83 h
March	4.2 h	131 h
April	5.0 h	149 h
May	5.4 h	167 h
June	6.7 h	200 h
July	7.2 h	224 h
August	6.5 h	203 h
September	4.9 h	146 h
October	3.2 h	100 h
November	2.0 h	60 h
December	1.9 h	59 h

Climate in Vaulion

6.9 °Cmean temperature

20.4 °CJuly daily high

−4.8 °CJanuary nightly low

1563 mmrain and snow a year

1300 kWh/m²solar radiation a year

931 mabove sea level

Similar sunshine in Vaud

Veytaux 1570 h
Les Clées 1620 h
Vallorbe 1620 h
Romainmôtier-Envy 1620 h

Nearby

Vallorbe 1620 h
La Praz 1700 h
Juriens 1700 h
Premier 1700 h

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