Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Veysonnaz

Veysonnaz (VS) gets about 1950 hours of sunshine a year, 55% of the possible maximum, or 5.3 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 95% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 34 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 210 hours more than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 390 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1950 hsunshine a year
8.1 ha day in July
2.1 ha day in December
#34 / 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.

0h5h10h15hJanuary: 2.8 h a dayFebruary: 4.2 h a dayMarch: 5.2 h a dayApril: 6.1 h a dayMay: 6.6 h a dayJune: 7.7 h a dayJuly: 8.1 h a dayAugust: 7.4 h a daySeptember: 6.1 h a dayOctober: 4.6 h a dayNovember: 3.0 h a dayDecember: 2.1 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 11:29 to 15:16, and on 21 June from 06:02 to 20:38.

Monthper dayper month
January2.8 h88 h
February4.2 h119 h
March5.2 h163 h
April6.1 h183 h
May6.6 h205 h
June7.7 h230 h
July8.1 h250 h
August7.4 h229 h
September6.1 h182 h
October4.6 h144 h
November3.0 h89 h
December2.1 h65 h

Climate in Veysonnaz

6.2 °Cmean temperature
20.9 °CJuly daily high
−5.4 °CJanuary nightly low
874 mmrain and snow a year
1363 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
1276 mabove sea level

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