Climate guideThirty-year normals for Cham, Switzerland
Cham climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest Jul–Sep
Annual mean11°day and night
Seasonal swing18°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,413 mm179 wet days a year
47.18° N, 8.46° EElevation 420 mUTC+1 · Central European Standard Time
When to goCham · weather score
Best timeJul–Sep
October: high / low15° / 7°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Cham has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 25° and nights 14°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 4° and lows of -1°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 18°.
About 1,413 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. May is the wettest month (146 mm, 18 wet days) and February the driest (80 mm, 12 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 31% in July to 46% in December.
Compared with Bern, the capital, Cham is 0.3° warmer on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 25° · July
- Coldest nights
- -1° · February
- Wettest month
- May
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- July · 31% cloud
- Longest day
- 15 h 54 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 31 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 4° | 6° | 11° | 16° | 20° | 23° | 25° | 25° | 20° | 15° | 9° | 5° |
| Average low | -1° | -1° | 2° | 5° | 9° | 13° | 14° | 15° | 11° | 7° | 3° | 0° |
| Precipitation | 80 mm | 80 mm | 99 mm | 104 mm | 146 mm | 158 mm | 163 mm | 164 mm | 126 mm | 97 mm | 94 mm | 102 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 14.8 | 12.2 | 14.6 | 13.1 | 18.1 | 18 | 17.4 | 16.8 | 13.1 | 12.9 | 12.4 | 15.2 |
| Cloud cover | 42% | 41% | 40% | 40% | 39% | 36% | 31% | 33% | 37% | 42% | 45% | 46% |
| Daylight | 8h 54 | 10h 17 | 11h 51 | 13h 35 | 15h 04 | 15h 54 | 15h 34 | 14h 16 | 12h 37 | 10h 56 | 9h 22 | 8h 31 |
| Month score | 20 | 25 | 27 | 53 | 63 | 65 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 47 | 23 | 18 |
ivMonth by month
Cham in every month
January20
4° / -1°
80 mm · 14.8 wet days
February25
6° / -1°
80 mm · 12.2 wet days
March27
11° / 2°
99 mm · 14.6 wet days
April53
16° / 5°
104 mm · 13.1 wet days
May63
20° / 9°
146 mm · 18.1 wet days
June65
23° / 13°
158 mm · 18 wet days
July66
25° / 14°
163 mm · 17.4 wet days
August66
25° / 15°
164 mm · 16.8 wet days
September66
20° / 11°
126 mm · 13.1 wet days
October47
15° / 7°
97 mm · 12.9 wet days
November23
9° / 3°
94 mm · 12.4 wet days
December18
5° / 0°
102 mm · 15.2 wet days