Average Sunshine in Switzerland for February

The tables below give February 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 February sunshine

Hours	Place	%
105	Chasseral	36
120	Evolène	59
96	Geneva (Genève)	38
103	Great St Bernard Pass	49
106	La Chaux-de-Fonds	40
109	Lausanne	39
142	Montana	54
92	Neuchâel (Neuenburg)	34
108	Nyon	40
95	Payerne	36
131	Sion (Sitten)	58
109	Zermatt	61

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 February

Hours	Place	%
74	Aarau	30
100	Adelboden	51
85	Basel	34
94	Bern (Bären)	35
92	Engelberg	47
127	Gütsch	50
75	Güttingen	28
82	Interlaken	49
123	Jungfraujoch	51
80	Lucerne (Luzern)	32
132	Mount Pilatus	50
132	Säntis	46
76	Schaffhausen	31
79	St. Gallen	32
87	Wädenswil	34
89	Zürich	34

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 February sun

Hours	Place	%
113	Arosa	50
112	Chur	53
168	Cimetta	61
120	Davos	53
96	Disentis (Mustér)	48
71	Glarus	48
153	Locarno	61
142	Lugano	57
150	Piz Corvatsch	56
121	Samedan	58
107	San Bernardino	56
116	Scuol	54
139	Stabio	55
145	Weissfluhjoch	51