Average Sunshine in Switzerland for March

The tables below give March 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 March sunshine
Hours Place %
140 Chasseral 38
159 Evolène 57
161 Geneva (Genève) 50
158 Great St Bernard Pass  50
144 La Chaux-de-Fonds  42
169 Lausanne 48
182 Montana 56
157 Neuchâel (Neuenburg) 45
171 Nyon 50
158 Payerne 46
188 Sion (Sitten) 60
151 Zermatt 63

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 March
Hours Place %
133 Aarau 40
132 Adelboden 49
135 Basel 40
151 Bern (Bären) 44
128 Engelberg 46
158 Gütsch 47
141 Güttingen 41
129 Interlaken 49
161 Jungfraujoch 49
133 Lucerne (Luzern) 39
155 Mount Pilatus 45
155 Säntis 43
130 Schaffhausen 42
132 St. Gallen 39
144 Wädenswil 42
144 Zürich 42

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 March sun
Hours Place %
142 Arosa 47
145 Chur 54
206 Cimetta 59
154 Davos 51
137 Disentis (Mustér) 47
96 Glarus 50
202 Locarno 60
192 Lugano 57
186 Piz Corvatsch  53
147 Samedan 56
141 San Bernardino 52
162 Scuol 54
183 Stabio 53
167 Weissfluhjoch 48
Reference

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

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