Swiss SunSunshine in Vex
Vex (VS) gets about 1850 hours of sunshine a year, 57% of the possible maximum, or 5.1 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 86% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 42 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 120 hours more than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 540 hours a year, already taken into account.
Explore Vex on the sunshine map1850 hsunshine a year
7.7 ha day in July
2.4 ha day in December
#42 / 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 09:17 to 13:54, and on 21 June from 06:50 to 19:44.
- Evening shade: the sun goes behind the mountains up to 2h 29m earlier than over a flat horizon (December).
- Morning shade: the sun reaches this spot up to 59 min later than over a flat horizon (February).
| Month | per day | per month |
|---|---|---|
| January | 2.9 h | 91 h |
| February | 3.8 h | 107 h |
| March | 4.8 h | 150 h |
| April | 5.7 h | 171 h |
| May | 6.2 h | 193 h |
| June | 7.4 h | 222 h |
| July | 7.7 h | 239 h |
| August | 6.9 h | 214 h |
| September | 5.7 h | 171 h |
| October | 4.2 h | 130 h |
| November | 3.0 h | 89 h |
| December | 2.4 h | 74 h |
Climate in Vex
8.0 °Cmean temperature
23.5 °CJuly daily high
−4.7 °CJanuary nightly low
684 mmrain and snow a year
1395 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
938 mabove sea level
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Nearby
- Mont-Noble 2080 h
- Hérémence 1820 h
- Sion 2170 h
- Saint-Martin (VS) 1950 h
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