What does relative sunshine duration mean?

The share of actual sunshine hours against the maximum possible. It makes places with short winter days fairly comparable with very sunny locations.

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National ranking · Data 2025 · Source: BFS

The sunniest municipalities in Switzerland (2025)

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Mont-Noble (VS) is the sunniest municipality in Switzerland: 62.5% of possible sunshine duration (2025). Next come Savièse (62.5%) and Chamoson (62.5%). Source: MeteoSwiss.

Top 100

MeteoSchweiz · 2025

Rank	Municipality	Sunshine	Canton	Residents
1	Mont-Noble	62.5%	VS	1'174
2	Savièse	62.5%	VS	8'182
3	Chamoson	62.5%	VS	4'291
4	Nendaz	62.5%	VS	7'196
5	Vétroz	62.5%	VS	6'604
6	Sion	62.5%	VS	36'624
7	Veysonnaz	62.5%	VS	621
8	Grimisuat	62.5%	VS	3'906
9	Vex	62.5%	VS	1'929
10	Ardon	62.5%	VS	3'709
11	Conthey	62.5%	VS	9'073
12	Leytron	62.5%	VS	3'357
13	Hérémence	62.5%	VS	1'491
14	Zermatt	62.4%	VS	6'023
15	Randa	62.4%	VS	461
16	Täsch	62.4%	VS	1'366
17	Baltschieder	62%	VS	1'367
18	Visperterminen	62%	VS	1'324
19	Ergisch	62%	VS	184
20	Bürchen	62%	VS	766
21	Eischoll	62%	VS	453
22	Visp	62%	VS	8'483
23	Eggerberg	62%	VS	329
24	Brig-Glis	62%	VS	13'976
25	Raron	62%	VS	2'002
26	Agarn	62%	VS	729
27	Guttet-Feschel	62%	VS	440
28	Lalden	62%	VS	733
29	Gampel-Bratsch	62%	VS	2'167
30	Niedergesteln	62%	VS	750
31	Zeneggen	62%	VS	324
32	Naters	62%	VS	10'605
33	Steg-Hohtenn	62%	VS	1'691
34	Turtmann-Unterems	62%	VS	1'191
35	Unterbäch	62%	VS	483
36	Ausserberg	62%	VS	637
37	Arogno	60.4%	TI	955
38	Grancia	60.4%	TI	455
39	Neggio	60.4%	TI	317
40	Paradiso	60.4%	TI	4'832
41	Porza	60.4%	TI	1'679
42	Collina d'Oro	60.4%	TI	4'893
43	Aranno	60.4%	TI	350
44	Morcote	60.4%	TI	707
45	Cademario	60.4%	TI	793
46	Ponte Capriasca	60.4%	TI	1'926
47	Alto Malcantone	60.4%	TI	1'386
48	Magliaso	60.4%	TI	1'621
49	Origlio	60.4%	TI	1'529
50	Vernate	60.4%	TI	631
51	Bissone	60.4%	TI	955
52	Gravesano	60.4%	TI	1'365
53	Tresa	60.4%	TI	3'129
54	Lugano	60.4%	TI	63'495
55	Caslano	60.4%	TI	4'363
56	Pura	60.4%	TI	1'358
57	Manno	60.4%	TI	1'340
58	Agno	60.4%	TI	4'536
59	Lamone	60.4%	TI	1'766
60	Bioggio	60.4%	TI	2'791
61	Massagno	60.4%	TI	6'676
62	Melide	60.4%	TI	1'783
63	Sorengo	60.4%	TI	2'139
64	Cadempino	60.4%	TI	1'580
65	Savosa	60.4%	TI	2'245
66	Canobbio	60.4%	TI	2'396
67	Cureglia	60.4%	TI	1'489
68	Bedano	60.4%	TI	1'496
69	Vezia	60.4%	TI	2'045
70	Comano	60.4%	TI	2'183
71	Muzzano	60.4%	TI	800
72	Vico Morcote	60.4%	TI	407
73	Mezzovico-Vira	60%	TI	1'368
74	Monteceneri	60%	TI	4'683
75	Cugnasco-Gerra	60%	TI	2'862
76	Bellinzona	60%	TI	44'743
77	Sant'Antonino	60%	TI	2'646
78	Isone	60%	TI	394
79	Lavertezzo	60%	TI	1'238
80	Torricella-Taverne	60%	TI	3'089
81	Tesserete	60%	TI	6'760
82	Cadenazzo	60%	TI	3'111
83	Ronco sopra Ascona	59.9%	TI	524
84	Gambarogno	59.9%	TI	5'086
85	Centovalli	59.9%	TI	1'098
86	Brissago	59.9%	TI	1'619
87	Ascona	59.9%	TI	5'381
88	Losone	59.9%	TI	6'766
89	Riviera	59.8%	TI	4'262
90	Grono	59.5%	GR	1'556
91	Arbedo-Castione	59.5%	TI	5'108
92	Lostallo	59.5%	GR	850
93	Roveredo	59.5%	GR	2'625
94	Lumino	59.5%	TI	1'614
95	Buseno	59.5%	GR	91
96	Santa Maria in Calanca	59.5%	GR	119
97	San Vittore	59.5%	GR	912
98	Castaneda	59.5%	GR	262
99	Cama	59.5%	GR	691
100	Calanca	59.5%	GR	211

How we measure this

MeteoSchweiz

Relative sunshine duration (actual as a share of astronomically possible sunshine) from the nearest MeteoSwiss station, at most 25 km away, averaged up to 2025. The relative figure is topography-fair because it accounts for shorter winter days.

Frequently asked questions

What does relative sunshine duration mean?: The share of actual sunshine hours against the maximum possible. It makes places with short winter days fairly comparable with very sunny locations.