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Switzerland in May: where is it warmest?

In May, Locarno is the warmest place with 21 °C by day, St. Moritz the coolest with 9 °C. 24 of 41 destinations have good holiday weather.

All destinations in May, warmest first

Long-term averages for the month: daytime high, sea, sunshine and rainy days.

Place	Score	Air	Sun	Rain days
Locarno	68	21°	7 h	15
Lugano	70	20°	6 h	14
Bellinzona	68	20°	7 h	15
Basel	68	19°	6 h	14
Montreux	68	18°	6 h	14
Zurich	66	18°	6 h	16
Geneva	66	18°	7 h	16
Schaffhausen	66	18°	6 h	15
Baden, Switzerland	66	18°	6 h	16
Zug	65	18°	6 h	16
Winterthur	65	18°	6 h	16
Neuchâtel	65	18°	7 h	16
Sion	65	18°	7 h	19
Stein am Rhein	65	18°	6 h	16
Frauenfeld	64	18°	6 h	16
Aarau	63	18°	6 h	17
Olten	63	18°	6 h	17
Lucerne	62	18°	6 h	16
Biel/Bienne	62	18°	6 h	17
Glarus	57	18°	5 h	18
Vevey	71	17°	7 h	14
Interlaken	65	17°	6 h	16
Thun	65	17°	6 h	16
Solothurn	64	17°	6 h	17
Lausanne	63	17°	7 h	16
Bern	59	17°	6 h	15
Chur	59	17°	6 h	21
Fribourg	59	16°	7 h	15
Lauterbrunnen	59	16°	6 h	19
St. Gallen	52	16°	6 h	18
Einsiedeln	54	15°	6 h	21
Gstaad	50	15°	5 h	19
La Chaux-de-Fonds	42	15°	6 h	18
Grindelwald	48	14°	6 h	19
Scuol	45	13°	6 h	22
Zermatt	33	11°	5 h	22
Andermatt	33	11°	5 h	21
Crans-Montana	33	10°	6 h	19
Davos	28	10°	5 h	21
Arosa	25	10°	5 h	20
St. Moritz	24	9°	5 h	20

Switzerland in May: where is it warmest?

The warmest places in May are Locarno (21 °C), Lugano (20 °C) and Bellinzona (20 °C).

Switzerland in May: where is the weather best?

The best holiday weather in May – warm, sunny and dry – is in Vevey, Lugano and Locarno.

Climate averages 1996–2025, not a forecast. Data: Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-Land via Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), NOAA OISST, WMO 1991–2020 (NOAA NCEI), GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sources & licences