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The climate of Zermatt (Switzerland)
Zermatt is located at an altitude of 1,620 meters at the foot of Mount Matterhorn. This well known skiing resort has many skiing tracks and skiing schools. The population (4,000) depends on the season. Although this is a skiing resort sports enthusiasts are also in the right place during summer. Mountain biking, paragliding and mountaineering are among the possibilities. Despite its altitude summers are pleasant with temperatures of 22 degrees Celsius on average because Zermatt is situated on the south side of the mountain. Zermatt gets less precipitation than other parts of Switzerland.

 

Climate information
The figures below are based on long term weather and climate records. They are an average for Zermatt

average
 maximum
temperature (°C)

average
minimum

temperature (°C)
average
hours of sunshine

per
day
average days with precipitation
per month
average
mm
precipitation
per month
average
sea
temperature (°C)
January 0 -9 2 7 n/a
February 1 -9 3 6 n/a
March 4 -7 5 8 n/a
April 7 -3 6 7 n/a
May 12 2 7 10 n/a
June 16 5 8 9 n/a
July 19 7 9 9 n/a
August 28 6 8 10 n/a
September 25 4 6 7 n/a
October 12 1 4 7 n/a
November 5 -4 2 7 n/a
December 1 -9 2 7 n/a
= 0-5 mm ● = 6-30 mm ● = 31-60 mm ● = 61-100 mm ● = 101-200 mm ● = over 200 mm
= 0-0.2 inches ● = 0.2-1.2 inches ● = 1.2-2.4 inches ● = 2.5-4 inches ● = 4.1-8 inches ● = over 8 inches

More climate information
Climate figures are very useful but don’t present a general impression of the climate and the eventual weather circumstances within a certain period. The figures don’t always reflect the chance of wintry weather, extreme heat or hurricanes. That is why we offer useful extra climate information for each month of the year:
 

chance of
(very) hot

weather

chance of
(very) cool
weather
chance of
long-term

precipitation
chance of
hurricanes
(cyclones)
chance of
sunny days

UV-index

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
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