Average Sunshine in Switzerland for May

The tables below give May 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 May sunshine

Hours	Place	%
164	Chasseral	36
178	Evolène	48
212	Geneva (Genève)	50
158	Great St Bernard Pass	40
171	La Chaux-de-Fonds	40
213	Lausanne	49
199	Montana	49
208	Neuchâel (Neuenburg)	48
214	Nyon	50
208	Payerne	47
229	Sion (Sitten)	56
155	Zermatt	54

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 May

Hours	Place	%
181	Aarau	43
155	Adelboden	43
186	Basel	44
197	Bern (Bären)	45
147	Engelberg	42
162	Gütsch	39
201	Güttingen	45
183	Interlaken	44
152	Jungfraujoch	37
173	Lucerne (Luzern)	40
152	Mount Pilatus	35
163	Säntis	36
182	Schaffhausen	46
186	St. Gallen	42
198	Wädenswil	44
192	Zürich	45

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 May sun

Hours	Place	%
155	Arosa	39
174	Chur	49
201	Cimetta	46
154	Davos	45
149	Disentis (Mustér)	39
156	Glarus	45
210	Locarno	51
200	Lugano	51
173	Piz Corvatsch	39
164	Samedan	48
128	San Bernardino	40
176	Scuol	44
201	Stabio	48
168	Weissfluhjoch	39