Best time to visit Thun

Month-by-month weather averages for Thun.

Thun, Bern, 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
January0.5 °C / 33 °F-6 °C / 21 °F118 mm / 4.7 inneither best nor good
February2.3 °C / 36 °F-5.4 °C / 22 °F91 mm / 3.6 inneither best nor good
March5.7 °C / 42 °F-2.6 °C / 27 °F115 mm / 4.5 inneither best nor good
April9.9 °C / 50 °F0.7 °C / 33 °F119 mm / 4.7 inneither best nor good
May13.3 °C / 56 °F4.7 °C / 40 °F193 mm / 7.6 inneither best nor good
June18 °C / 64 °F8.9 °C / 48 °F201 mm / 7.9 inneither best nor good
July19.8 °C / 68 °F10.5 °C / 51 °F218 mm / 8.6 inneither best nor good
August19.2 °C / 67 °F10.2 °C / 50 °F208 mm / 8.2 inneither best nor good
September15.5 °C / 60 °F7.1 °C / 45 °F148 mm / 5.8 inneither best nor good
October11.5 °C / 53 °F3.7 °C / 39 °F115 mm / 4.5 inneither best nor good
November5.6 °C / 42 °F-1.2 °C / 30 °F122 mm / 4.8 inneither best nor good
December1.5 °C / 35 °F-4.5 °C / 24 °F135 mm / 5.3 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 Thun.

An activity is listed only where it applies: skiing at ski destinations, beach and swimming at beach destinations. The nearest ski area is Sigriswill-Schwanden, 9 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) -2.8 °C-1 °C2.7 °C8 °C12.2 °C18.2 °C20.3 °C19.6 °C14.8 °C9.8 °C3 °C-1.7 °C
Days with heavy rain 4.2 days3.4 days4.5 days4.4 days7.5 days7.3 days7.7 days7.5 days5.7 days4.5 days4.5 days5.2 days
Time rain usually falls 5 am9 pm5 pm4 pm3 pm5 pm4 pm5 pm4 pm9 pm9 am7 pm
Sunshine per day 5.9 h7.2 h8.7 h10.6 h10.6 h11.7 h12.2 h10.9 h9.5 h8 h6.4 h5.4 h
Relative humidity 79%76%74%73%78%78%76%79%82%82%83%81%

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) 2022–20257.9 µg/m³12.8 µg/m³10.5 µg/m³9.2 µg/m³9.5 µg/m³12.7 µg/m³11 µg/m³9.6 µg/m³7.4 µg/m³7.3 µg/m³7.3 µg/m³9.4 µg/m³
Air pollution (PM2.5, daily peak) 2022–202514.2 µg/m³20.8 µg/m³17.8 µg/m³15.6 µg/m³15.1 µg/m³19 µg/m³17.7 µg/m³14.7 µg/m³12 µg/m³12.9 µg/m³14.1 µg/m³17.3 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.

  • Old City of Bern

    25 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).