Average Temperatures for Switzerland in May

Average temperatures for May at cities throughout Switzerland are listed below in degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit.

The tables give the normals for maximum and minimum monthly temperatures based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020.

Western Switzerland

This section covers the mainly French speaking portion of Switzerland. It includes the area around Lake Geneva and the cantons of Fribourg, Geneva, Jura, Neuchâtel, Valais and Vaud.

Some of the weather stations are at high elevations in the Valais (or Pennine) Alps of southwestern Switzerland. Great St. Bernard Pass (Col du Grand St-Bernard) is the highest point on this list at 2472 metres (8110 feet). Also above 1400 metres (or 4600 feet) are Chasseral mountain and the resort towns of Zermatt and Montana.

Average May temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
50 38 Chasseral 10 4
40 30 Great St Bernard Pass  4 -1
53 37 Evolène 12 3
64 46 Fribourg 18 8
68 48 Geneva (Genève) 20 9
57 40 Grächen 14 4
59 41 La Chaux-de-Fonds  15 5
58 40 Montana 15 5
66 50 Neuchâel (Neuenburg) 19 10
67 48 Nyon 19 9
67 46 Payerne 19 8
66 51 Lausanne 19 11
71 49 Sion (Sitten) 22 9
57 38 Zermatt 14 3

Central & Northern Switzerland

Most places on this list are below 1000 metres (3280 feet) elevation where the weather is relatively mild. A little cooler are the ski resort villages of Adelboden in the Bernese Oberland and Engelberg in Obwalden canton.

The sites here with the coldest weather are two mountain peaks. Säntis, near Schwägalp, at 2502 metres (8209 feet) elevation is the highest point in the Appenzell Alps.

Even higher is the weather station at 3580 metres (11,745 feet), above Jungfraujoch pass of the Bernese Alps, a spot known as the "Top of Europe".

Average daily temperatures in May
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
58 40 Adelboden 14 5
68 49 Basel 20 10
65 46 Bern (Bären) 19 8
67 47 Aarau 20 9
61 42 Engelberg 16 5
42 32 Gütsch 5 0
66 47 Güttingen 19 9
66 47 Interlaken 19 8
28 18 Jungfraujoch -2 -8
67 48 Lucerne (Luzern) 19 9
45 34 Mount Pilatus 7 1
38 30 Säntis 3 -1
67 48 Schaffhausen 20 9
62 47 St. Gallen 17 8
66 49 Wädenswil 19 9
66 48 Zürich 19 9

Eastern Switzerland

This list includes two low-elevation cities, Locarno and Lugano, in the canton of Ticino of south-east Switzerland.

Several places here in the canton of Graubünden are mountain resort towns, including Davos, Scuol and Samedan, which sit above 1500 metres (4921 feet) elevation.

High-altitude locations include Gütsch located above Andermatt at 2286 m. On Weissfluhjoch, a peak in the Plessur Range above Davos, weather is reported from just below the summit, at 2690 metres (8825 feet) elevation. On Piz Corvatsch, near Silvaplana in the Bernina Range, the weather is measured at 3305 metres (10,843 feet).

May temperatures: daily averages
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
49 37 Arosa 10 3
69 49 Chur 20 9
54 41 Cimetta 12 5
55 36 Davos 13 2
60 42 Disentis (Mustér) 16 6
66 47 Glarus 19 8
70 54 Locarno 21 12
69 54 Lugano 21 12
30 22 Piz Corvatsch  -1 -6
53 37 San Bernardino 12 3
55 32 Samedan 13 0
63 40 Scuol 17 4
71 49 Stabio 22 10
37 28 Weissfluhjoch 3 -2
Reference

Swiss federal authorities. Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss. Normal values per measured parameter.

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