Climate averages 1991–2020
Luzern weather
in January.
A cold, wet month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Luzern: daytime highs average 4.6°C and nights cool to about -0.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes January a wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 58 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zürich (40 km away). In January its highs average 4.8°C, about as warm as Luzern, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Switzerland, Luzern ranks 5th of 8 for the warmest January highs and 8th of 8 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 8 cities is 4.5°C; Luzern is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 5.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 117 mm to 112 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Luzern climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 4.6°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 117 | 13.7 | 9.09 h |
| February | 5.7°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 112 | 12.8 | 10.210 h |
| March | 9.7°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 126 | 15.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.8°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 135 | 15.2 | 13.614 h |
| May | 17.9°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 188 | 18.4 | 15.015 h |
| June | 21.2°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 200 | 18.6 | 15.816 h |
| July | 23.1°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 212 | 18.5 | 15.515 h |
| August | 23.0°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 211 | 17.7 | 14.214 h |
| September | 18.9°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 166 | 15.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.9°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 130 | 13.6 | 10.911 h |
| November | 9.0°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 134 | 14.1 | 9.49 h |
| December | 5.3°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 131 | 14.3 | 8.69 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Zürich in JanuarySwitzerland · 40 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -1.4°C · 92 mm rain
- Winterthur in JanuarySwitzerland · 60 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -1.9°C · 79 mm rain
- Bern in JanuarySwitzerland · 66 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -3.3°C · 80 mm rain
- Basel in JanuarySwitzerland · 79 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -1.7°C · 80 mm rain
- Sankt Gallen in JanuarySwitzerland · 91 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -4.8°C · 88 mm rain
- Vaduz in JanuaryLiechtenstein · 93 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -4.1°C · 110 mm rain
- Konstanz in JanuaryGermany · 94 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -1.2°C · 71 mm rain
- Mulhouse in JanuaryFrance · 107 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -1.2°C · 75 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Luzern) is explained once on the Luzern year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.