Average Sunshine in Switzerland for December

The tables below give December 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 December sunshine

Hours	Place	%
85	Chasseral	33
96	Evolène	54
48	Geneva (Genève)	21
24	Great St Bernard Pass	41
80	La Chaux-de-Fonds	35
58	Lausanne	23
116	Montana	50
40	Neuchâel (Neuenburg)	16
56	Nyon	23
46	Payerne	20
68	Sion (Sitten)	50
83	Zermatt	56

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 December

Hours	Place	%
31	Aarau	15
79	Adelboden	46
54	Basel	27
53	Bern (Bären)	22
31	Engelberg	42
109	Gütsch	47
37	Güttingen	16
57	Interlaken	36
101	Jungfraujoch	45
39	Lucerne (Luzern)	19
106	Mount Pilatus	47
112	Säntis	43
33	Schaffhausen	16
48	St. Gallen	25
45	Wädenswil	20
47	Zürich	20

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 December sun

Hours	Place	%
90	Arosa	46
82	Chur	45
142	Cimetta	57
93	Davos	48
72	Disentis (Mustér)	44
54	Glarus	39
119	Locarno	56
107	Lugano	53
117	Piz Corvatsch	49
102	Samedan	52
86	San Bernardino	51
75	Scuol	48
102	Stabio	50
121	Weissfluhjoch	47