Average Sunshine in Switzerland for February

The tables below give February averages for the number of sunny hours and the percentage of time between sunrise and sunset that the sun shines at cities, resorts and mountains across Switzerland.

The month's totals are averages of weather data collected during 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.

Total February sunshine
Hours Place %
105 Chasseral 36
120 Evolène 59
96 Geneva (Genève) 38
103 Great St Bernard Pass  49
106 La Chaux-de-Fonds  40
109 Lausanne 39
142 Montana 54
92 Neuchâel (Neuenburg) 34
108 Nyon 40
95 Payerne 36
131 Sion (Sitten) 58
109 Zermatt 61

Central & Northern Switzerland

While most places on this list are below 1000 metres (3280 feet) elevation, there are some mountainous locations. 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.

Average amount of sun in February
Hours Place %
74 Aarau 30
100 Adelboden 51
85 Basel 34
94 Bern (Bären) 35
92 Engelberg 47
127 Gütsch 50
75 Güttingen 28
82 Interlaken 49
123 Jungfraujoch 51
80 Lucerne (Luzern) 32
132 Mount Pilatus 50
132 Säntis 46
76 Schaffhausen 31
79 St. Gallen 32
87 Wädenswil 34
89 Zürich 34

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).

Average February sun
Hours Place %
113 Arosa 50
112 Chur 53
168 Cimetta 61
120 Davos 53
96 Disentis (Mustér) 48
71 Glarus 48
153 Locarno 61
142 Lugano 57
150 Piz Corvatsch  56
121 Samedan 58
107 San Bernardino 56
116 Scuol 54
139 Stabio 55
145 Weissfluhjoch 51
Reference

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

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