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Crans in August

Mild and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Crans is mild: highs near 67°F, lows near 46°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 25 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Crans is mild: highs near 19°C, lows near 8°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 25 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
67°F19°Caverage
Low
46°F8°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 56% of days
Daylight
14h 05mon average

Is August a good time to visit Crans?

Yes. August is one of Crans's best months (July to August).

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 August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 67°F in August, against 28°F to 67°F through the year.Highs near 19°C in August, against -2°C to 19°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

56% of days in August, against 42% to 64% through the year.

Cloud cover

49% cover in August, against 47% to 64% through the year.

Daylight

14h 05m in August, against 8h 40m to 15h 44m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. July67°19°low 45°low 7°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. August67°19°low 46°low 8°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. September60°16°low 39°low 4°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Crans sits, in August

Europe/Zurich
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:28 AMsets 8:42 PM
Above the sea
1,575 mhigh country
Latitude
46.3°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Gstaad24 km north-west

The land around Crans, shaded by its typical high in August, 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 August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Crans

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Crans. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.