Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Visperterminen

Visperterminen (VS) gets about 1780 hours of sunshine a year, 55% of the possible maximum, or 4.9 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 75% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 54 of 123 places in Valais. That's about 40 hours more than the Valais average of 1740. Mountains around it block about 540 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1780 hsunshine a year
7.5 ha day in July
2.1 ha day in December
#54 / 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: 2.6 h a dayFebruary: 3.9 h a dayMarch: 4.8 h a dayApril: 5.5 h a dayMay: 5.9 h a dayJune: 7.1 h a dayJuly: 7.5 h a dayAugust: 6.8 h a daySeptember: 5.5 h a dayOctober: 4.1 h a dayNovember: 2.5 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 11:26 to 15:46, and on 21 June from 07:57 to 20:55.

Monthper dayper month
January2.6 h80 h
February3.9 h108 h
March4.8 h149 h
April5.5 h164 h
May5.9 h184 h
June7.1 h214 h
July7.5 h233 h
August6.8 h211 h
September5.5 h165 h
October4.1 h128 h
November2.5 h76 h
December2.1 h66 h

Climate in Visperterminen

6.8 °Cmean temperature
23.0 °CJuly daily high
−6.5 °CJanuary nightly low
677 mmrain and snow a year
1406 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
1351 mabove sea level

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