Average Sunshine in Switzerland for June

The tables below give June 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 June sunshine

Hours	Place	%
180	Chasseral	39
192	Evolène	50
246	Geneva (Genève)	57
189	Great St Bernard Pass	48
192	La Chaux-de-Fonds	45
240	Lausanne	55
220	Montana	55
232	Neuchâel (Neuenburg)	54
243	Nyon	56
235	Payerne	52
254	Sion (Sitten)	61
171	Zermatt	59

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 June

Hours	Place	%
200	Aarau	48
168	Adelboden	46
212	Basel	48
223	Bern (Bären)	50
158	Engelberg	42
186	Gütsch	45
218	Güttingen	48
200	Interlaken	47
170	Jungfraujoch	40
187	Lucerne (Luzern)	42
146	Mount Pilatus	33
160	Säntis	35
204	Schaffhausen	50
200	St. Gallen	44
216	Wädenswil	47
207	Zürich	48

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 June sun

Hours	Place	%
170	Arosa	42
190	Chur	52
228	Cimetta	53
167	Davos	48
173	Disentis (Mustér)	45
164	Glarus	46
238	Locarno	59
229	Lugano	59
179	Piz Corvatsch	40
186	Samedan	52
145	San Bernardino	44
190	Scuol	47
229	Stabio	55
168	Weissfluhjoch	38