Basel weather by month & the best time to visit

🇫🇷 France · city break · oceanic / maritime climate

The best time to visit Basel is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 75/100), with June and July close behind. Basel averages about 1,931 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 79 mm of rain in September.

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Sun hours / year

1,931

Sunniest month

September

Peak score

75/100

Rain / year

1,060 mm

Snow / year

≈72 cm

Midday UV at peak

6 (high)

Population

830k

Elevation

266 m

When is the best time to visit Basel?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Basel is September, then June and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 75 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Basel?

Basel gets a moderate 1,931 hours of sunshine a year. 75 Sunshine Score points separate September (75) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #40 of 53 destinations in France for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,146 hours. The year's 1,060 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Bern Switzerland · 77 km · best in Sep · 2,095 h sun/yr
• Zurich Switzerland · 79 km · best in Sep · 1,912 h sun/yr
• Strasbourg France · 105 km · best in Sep · 1,800 h sun/yr
• Karlsruhe Germany · 137 km · best in Sep · 1,776 h sun/yr
• Friedrichshafen Germany · 149 km · best in Sep · 1,913 h sun/yr
• Stuttgart Germany · 175 km · best in Sep · 1,776 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Sankt Gallen Switzerland · 154 km · 1,913 h sun/yr · best in Sep

Head-to-head

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