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Best time to visit Chur

Month-by-month weather averages for Chur.

Chur, Grisons, Switzerland

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  • Average daily high and low
  • Precipitation
  • Good month
  • Best month
  • Made good or best by an event
Average daily high and low temperature, average precipitation and each month's verdict
MonthAverage daily highAverage daily lowPrecipitationVerdict
January-2.9 °C / 27 °F-11 °C / 12 °F84 mm / 3.3 inneither best nor good
February-0.7 °C / 31 °F-9.4 °C / 15 °F65 mm / 2.6 inneither best nor good
March2.6 °C / 37 °F-6.4 °C / 20 °F89 mm / 3.5 inneither best nor good
April6.9 °C / 44 °F-2.4 °C / 28 °F101 mm / 4 inneither best nor good
May10.8 °C / 51 °F1.9 °C / 35 °F159 mm / 6.3 inneither best nor good
June15.8 °C / 60 °F6.1 °C / 43 °F164 mm / 6.4 inneither best nor good
July17.4 °C / 63 °F7.4 °C / 45 °F159 mm / 6.3 inneither best nor good
August16.8 °C / 62 °F7.1 °C / 45 °F171 mm / 6.7 inneither best nor good
September13.2 °C / 56 °F3.9 °C / 39 °F125 mm / 4.9 inneither best nor good
October9 °C / 48 °F0.5 °C / 33 °F115 mm / 4.5 inneither best nor good
November2.8 °C / 37 °F-5.2 °C / 23 °F109 mm / 4.3 inneither best nor good
December-1.7 °C / 29 °F-10 °C / 14 °F94 mm / 3.7 inneither best nor good
Good and best months depend on more than temperature, rain and events. How they are chosen

Each activity on this page has its own good and best months, rated on twenty years of daily weather records. Which measures count, and how much, depends on the activity: humidity for exploring outdoors, wind for the beach, hiking and skiing, snow for skiing alone. Between them, the activities are rated on:

  • Daytime highs
  • Night-time lows
  • How warm it feels
  • Humidity
  • How much of the day is sunny
  • Hours of daylight
  • Monthly rainfall
  • How many days it rains
  • Days of heavy rain
  • Wind
  • Snowfall and days with snow
  • Major events, such as festivals

The chart shows the good and best months for exploring outdoors.

The event icon marks a month that an event lifts to good or best, such as a festival or a natural spectacle. Choose “Weather only” in the toolbar to rate the months on weather alone.

Best months by activity

Exploring outdoors

Mild days and nights, mostly dry and bright. The default for 'when should I go'.

  1. JJanuary: neither
  2. FFebruary: neither
  3. MMarch: neither
  4. AApril: neither
  5. MMay: neither
  6. JJune: neither
  7. JJuly: neither
  8. AAugust: neither
  9. SSeptember: neither
  10. OOctober: neither
  11. NNovember: neither
  12. DDecember: neither

No month is good for this in Chur.

Hiking and trekking

Cool enough to climb in, dry enough to enjoy, long enough days.

  1. JJanuary: neither
  2. FFebruary: neither
  3. MMarch: neither
  4. AApril: neither
  5. MMay: neither
  6. JJune: neither
  7. JJuly: neither
  8. AAugust: neither
  9. SSeptember: good
  10. OOctober: neither
  11. NNovember: neither
  12. DDecember: neither
Good
September
Why these months

  • September · good

    In its favour: average daily high 13.2 °C / 56 °F, feels like (high) 11.6 °C / 53 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 73%, daylight per day 12.6 h, average daily low 3.9 °C / 39 °F, precipitation 125 mm / 4.9 in, days with heavy rain 4 days, wind (daily max) 7 km/h / 4 mph.

    Against: wet days 13.8 days.

Skiing and snow

Wants cold and snowfall; sunshine barely matters.

  1. JJanuary: best
  2. FFebruary: best
  3. MMarch: best
  4. AApril: best
  5. MMay: good
  6. JJune: neither
  7. JJuly: neither
  8. AAugust: neither
  9. SSeptember: neither
  10. OOctober: best
  11. NNovember: best
  12. DDecember: best
Best
October–April
Good
May
Why these months

  • January · best

    In its favour: snowfall 61 cm / 23.9 in, average daily high -2.9 °C / 27 °F, days with snow 19.6 days, average daily low -11 °C / 12 °F, wind (daily max) 7 km/h / 4 mph, daylight per day 9 h.

  • February · best

    In its favour: snowfall 48 cm / 18.8 in, average daily high -0.7 °C / 31 °F, days with snow 17.6 days, average daily low -9.4 °C / 15 °F, wind (daily max) 7 km/h / 4 mph, daylight per day 10.3 h.

  • March · best

    In its favour: snowfall 61 cm / 24.1 in, average daily high 2.6 °C / 37 °F, days with snow 19.4 days, average daily low -6.4 °C / 20 °F, wind (daily max) 7 km/h / 5 mph, daylight per day 11.9 h.

  • April · best

    In its favour: snowfall 51 cm / 20.2 in, days with snow 14.9 days, average daily low -2.4 °C / 28 °F, wind (daily max) 8 km/h / 5 mph, daylight per day 13.6 h.

    Against: average daily high 6.9 °C / 44 °F.

  • May · good

    In its favour: snowfall 34 cm / 13.3 in, days with snow 11.7 days, wind (daily max) 7 km/h / 5 mph, daylight per day 15.1 h.

    Against: average daily high 10.8 °C / 51 °F, average daily low 1.9 °C / 35 °F.

  • October · best

    In its favour: snowfall 32 cm / 12.6 in, days with snow 8.3 days, wind (daily max) 7 km/h / 4 mph, daylight per day 10.9 h.

    Against: average daily high 9 °C / 48 °F, average daily low 0.5 °C / 33 °F.

  • November · best

    In its favour: snowfall 66 cm / 25.9 in, average daily high 2.8 °C / 37 °F, days with snow 16.6 days, average daily low -5.2 °C / 23 °F, wind (daily max) 7 km/h / 4 mph, daylight per day 9.4 h.

  • December · best

    In its favour: snowfall 66 cm / 26.1 in, average daily high -1.7 °C / 29 °F, days with snow 18.4 days, average daily low -10 °C / 14 °F, wind (daily max) 7 km/h / 4 mph, daylight per day 8.6 h.

An activity is listed only where it applies: skiing at ski destinations, beach and swimming at beach destinations. The nearest ski area is Brambrüesch, 4 km away.

Weather averages

Monthly averages over twenty years, 2006–2025. Highs, lows and precipitation are in the chart at the top.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels like (high) -6.5 °C-4.3 °C-0.7 °C4.4 °C9 °C15 °C16.9 °C16.2 °C11.6 °C6.4 °C-0.4 °C-5.2 °C
Days with heavy rain 2.4 days1.6 days2.3 days3.1 days5 days5.5 days5.3 days6 days4 days4 days3.7 days2.9 days
Time rain usually falls 7 am8 pm4 pm5 pm5 pm3 pm4 pm4 pm4 pm3 pm6 am9 pm
Sunshine per day 6.3 h7.4 h9 h10.6 h10.4 h11.2 h11.8 h10.4 h9.2 h7.8 h6.4 h5.6 h
Relative humidity 76%74%72%72%77%76%76%79%81%81%80%77%

Air quality

Averaged over a shorter period (2022–2025) than the twenty-year averages above, and not counted towards good or best months.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Air pollution (PM2.5) 2022–20253.3 µg/m³6.4 µg/m³6.2 µg/m³6.2 µg/m³6.9 µg/m³10.7 µg/m³8.6 µg/m³7 µg/m³4.9 µg/m³4.8 µg/m³3.2 µg/m³4 µg/m³
Air pollution (PM2.5, daily peak) 2022–20256.9 µg/m³11.2 µg/m³12.2 µg/m³11.7 µg/m³12 µg/m³16.6 µg/m³14.4 µg/m³11.2 µg/m³8.4 µg/m³8.7 µg/m³6.5 µg/m³8 µg/m³
  • Good 15 µg/m³ or less
  • Fair 15 to 25 µg/m³
  • Moderate 25 to 37.5 µg/m³
  • Poor 37.5 to 50 µg/m³
  • Very poor 50 to 75 µg/m³
  • Extremely poor over 75 µg/m³

Each figure is compared with the World Health Organization's guideline for a day's air, 15 µg/m³ or less, and with its interim targets above that. The words are ours: the WHO does not name its steps. The figures are modelled monthly averages, so single days can be well above them. The daily peak is the average of each day's highest hour, shaded on the same scale.

World Heritage sites nearby

UNESCO World Heritage sites within 25 km, nearest first.

  • Glarus thrust

    23 km away

Other places in Switzerland

Compare places month by month on the travel calendar

Monthly averages over 2006–2025, unless stated otherwise.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC-BY 4.0), generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5). City data from GeoNames (CC-BY 4.0). Air quality from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and sea temperature from Météo-France / Copernicus Marine, both via Open-Meteo.com. Coastline from Natural Earth. Ski areas from OpenSkiMap.org, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Skimap.org. World Heritage sites from Wikidata (CC0), from the World Heritage List © UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Readership from Wikimedia pageview data (CC0). Destination classification derived from English Wikivoyage, © Wikivoyage contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).