Sankt Gallen weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇭 Switzerland · small town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Sankt Gallen is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 69/100), with June and July close behind. Sankt Gallen averages about 1,913 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 116 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,913
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 69/100
- Rain / year
- 1,399 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.8 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Population
- 76k
- Elevation
- 396 m
When is the best time to visit Sankt Gallen?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Sankt Gallen is September, then June and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 99 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Sankt Gallen?
Sankt Gallen gets a moderate 1,913 hours of sunshine a year. 69 Sunshine Score points separate September (69) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #4 of 5 destinations in Switzerland for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,055 hours. The year's 1,399 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 | 99 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -2° / 28°F | 77 mm | 1 |
| March | 12 | 10° / 50°F | 2° / 36°F | 95 mm | 2 |
| April | 43 | 15° / 59°F | 6° / 43°F | 92 mm | 4 |
| May | 58 | 19° / 66°F | 10° / 50°F | 147 mm | 5 |
| June | 62 | 23° / 73°F | 14° / 57°F | 156 mm | 6 |
| July | 62 | 24° / 75°F | 16° / 61°F | 157 mm | 6 |
| August | 62 | 24° / 75°F | 16° / 61°F | 166 mm | 5 |
| September | 69 | 20° / 68°F | 12° / 54°F | 116 mm | 4 |
| October | 48 | 16° / 61°F | 7° / 45°F | 101 mm | 2 |
| November | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 3° / 37°F | 89 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -1° / 30°F | 104 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Friedrichshafen Germany · 21 km · best in Sep · 1,913 h sun/yr
- Memmingen Germany · 75 km · best in Jun · 1,906 h sun/yr
- Zurich Switzerland · 76 km · best in Sep · 1,912 h sun/yr
- Stuttgart Germany · 136 km · best in Sep · 1,776 h sun/yr
- Innsbruck Austria · 137 km · best in Sep · 1,905 h sun/yr
- Basel France · 154 km · best in Sep · 1,931 h sun/yr
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