Climate averages 1991–2020
Luzern weather
in July.
A warm, very wet month: the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Luzern: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 212 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes July a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 30 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zürich (40 km away). In July its highs average 23.3°C, about as warm as Luzern, with 146 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Switzerland, Luzern ranks joint 4th of 8 for the warmest July highs and 8th of 8 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 8 cities is 23.0°C; Luzern is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 212 mm to 211 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Zürich in JulySwitzerland · 40 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.6°C · 146 mm rain
- Winterthur in JulySwitzerland · 60 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.4°C · 106 mm rain
- Bern in JulySwitzerland · 66 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.9°C · 104 mm rain
- Basel in JulySwitzerland · 79 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.8°C · 121 mm rain
- Sankt Gallen in JulySwitzerland · 91 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.6°C · 174 mm rain
- Vaduz in JulyLiechtenstein · 93 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 13.8°C · 210 mm rain
- Konstanz in JulyGermany · 94 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 16.8°C · 131 mm rain
- Mulhouse in JulyFrance · 107 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.1°C · 81 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.