Average Sunshine in Switzerland for November

The tables below give November 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 November sunshine

Hours	Place	%
93	Chasseral	34
104	Evolène	54
65	Geneva (Genève)	27
62	Great St Bernard Pass	42
93	La Chaux-de-Fonds	37
80	Lausanne	30
121	Montana	48
56	Neuchâel (Neuenburg)	22
74	Nyon	29
61	Payerne	24
96	Sion (Sitten)	50
89	Zermatt	55

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 November

Hours	Place	%
43	Aarau	19
83	Adelboden	47
65	Basel	28
66	Bern (Bären)	26
62	Engelberg	44
107	Gütsch	44
48	Güttingen	19
68	Interlaken	42
106	Jungfraujoch	44
53	Lucerne (Luzern)	23
116	Mount Pilatus	48
118	Säntis	43
43	Schaffhausen	18
59	St. Gallen	27
57	Wädenswil	24
61	Zürich	24

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 November sun

Hours	Place	%
96	Arosa	45
93	Chur	46
131	Cimetta	50
103	Davos	49
75	Disentis (Mustér)	42
60	Glarus	42
113	Locarno	49
105	Lugano	46
125	Piz Corvatsch	50
103	Samedan	51
81	San Bernardino	45
88	Scuol	48
101	Stabio	44
128	Weissfluhjoch	47