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Bern in January

Chilly and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Bern is chilly: highs near 42°F, lows near 25°F. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 37 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Bern is chilly: highs near 6°C, lows near -4°C. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 37 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
42°F6°Caverage
Low
25°F-4°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 48% of days
Daylight
8h 59mon average

Is January a good time to visit Bern?

January sits outside Bern's best months, which run from June to August. Expect chilly days and rain or snow on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 42°F in January, against 42°F to 75°F through the year.Highs near 6°C in January, against 6°C to 24°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

48% of days in January, against 43% to 58% through the year.

Cloud cover

60% cover in January, against 43% to 63% through the year.

Daylight

8h 59m in January, against 8h 35m to 15h 49m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. December43°6°low 27°low -3°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. January42°6°low 25°low -4°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. February44°7°low 25°low -4°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Bern sits, in January

Europe/Zurich
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
8:12 AMsets 5:06 PM
Above the sea
540 mlow-lying
Latitude
46.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Interlaken42 km south-east

The land around Bern, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Switzerland in January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Bern

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Bern. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (540 m) against the climate model's (663 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (540 m) against the climate model's (663 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.