Bern weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇭 Switzerland · regional city · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Bern is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 76/100), with June and July close behind. Bern averages about 2,095 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 83 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,095
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 76/100
- Rain / year
- 1,142 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.1 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Population
- 275k
- Elevation
- 508 m
When is the best time to visit Bern?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Bern is September, then June and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 77 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Bern?
Bern gets a moderate 2,095 hours of sunshine a year. 76 Sunshine Score points separate September (76) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. Bern is the sunniest of the 5 destinations tracked in Switzerland. The year's 1,142 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -2° / 28°F | 77 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -2° / 28°F | 62 mm | 1 |
| March | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 1° / 34°F | 80 mm | 3 |
| April | 44 | 15° / 59°F | 5° / 41°F | 83 mm | 4 |
| May | 56 | 18° / 64°F | 9° / 48°F | 130 mm | 5 |
| June | 70 | 23° / 73°F | 13° / 55°F | 117 mm | 6 |
| July | 69 | 24° / 75°F | 15° / 59°F | 121 mm | 6 |
| August | 68 | 24° / 75°F | 15° / 59°F | 126 mm | 5 |
| September | 76 | 20° / 68°F | 11° / 52°F | 83 mm | 4 |
| October | 49 | 16° / 61°F | 7° / 45°F | 94 mm | 2 |
| November | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 2° / 36°F | 82 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -1° / 30°F | 87 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Basel France · 77 km · best in Sep · 1,931 h sun/yr
- Zurich Switzerland · 100 km · best in Sep · 1,912 h sun/yr
- Geneva Switzerland · 130 km · best in Sep · 2,093 h sun/yr
- Milan Italy · 171 km · best in Jul · 2,241 h sun/yr
- Friedrichshafen Germany · 174 km · best in Sep · 1,913 h sun/yr
- Strasbourg France · 181 km · best in Sep · 1,800 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Lugano Switzerland · 148 km · 2,055 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Annecy France · 153 km · 2,206 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Dole France · 158 km · 1,920 h sun/yr · best in Sep
Head-to-head
How Bern compares month by month: Bern vs Geneva · Bern vs Zurich · Bern vs Basel · all comparisons
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