Climate averages 1991–2020

Winterthur weather
in September.

A mild, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 18.7°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 10.8°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 91 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Winterthur · average highYear overview

September is a mild month in Winterthur: daytime highs average 18.7°C and nights cool to about 10.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes September a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Zürich (20 km away). In September its highs average 18.9°C, about as warm as Winterthur, with 123 mm of rain.

Among the 8 cities listed in Switzerland, Winterthur ranks 6th of 8 for the warmest September highs and 2nd of 8 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 8 cities is 18.8°C; Winterthur is level with that mean.

From September to October, average highs fall by 4.3°C to 14.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 91 mm to 83 mm.

The annual picture

September in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -5051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Winterthur climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Winterthur, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 4.5°C-1.9°C-1.9°C7912.38.99 h
February 5.8°C-2.0°C-2.0°C6911.310.210 h
March 9.9°C0.8°C0.8°C8213.211.912 h
April 13.8°C4.0°C4.0°C8512.513.614 h
May 17.6°C8.5°C8.5°C11915.215.115 h
June 21.2°C12.3°C12.3°C11314.815.916 h
July 23.1°C14.4°C14.4°C10613.715.616 h
August 23.1°C14.6°C14.6°C10713.014.314 h
September, selected 18.7°C10.8°C10.8°C9111.112.613 h
October 14.4°C6.9°C6.9°C8311.610.911 h
November 8.6°C2.2°C2.2°C8712.19.49 h
December 4.9°C-0.9°C-0.9°C9313.78.59 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

September in nearby cities

Distance from Winterthur

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Winterthur) is explained once on the Winterthur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.