Average Sunshine in Switzerland for March

The tables below give March 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 March sunshine

Hours	Place	%
140	Chasseral	38
159	Evolène	57
161	Geneva (Genève)	50
158	Great St Bernard Pass	50
144	La Chaux-de-Fonds	42
169	Lausanne	48
182	Montana	56
157	Neuchâel (Neuenburg)	45
171	Nyon	50
158	Payerne	46
188	Sion (Sitten)	60
151	Zermatt	63

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 March

Hours	Place	%
133	Aarau	40
132	Adelboden	49
135	Basel	40
151	Bern (Bären)	44
128	Engelberg	46
158	Gütsch	47
141	Güttingen	41
129	Interlaken	49
161	Jungfraujoch	49
133	Lucerne (Luzern)	39
155	Mount Pilatus	45
155	Säntis	43
130	Schaffhausen	42
132	St. Gallen	39
144	Wädenswil	42
144	Zürich	42

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 March sun

Hours	Place	%
142	Arosa	47
145	Chur	54
206	Cimetta	59
154	Davos	51
137	Disentis (Mustér)	47
96	Glarus	50
202	Locarno	60
192	Lugano	57
186	Piz Corvatsch	53
147	Samedan	56
141	San Bernardino	52
162	Scuol	54
183	Stabio	53
167	Weissfluhjoch	48