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Gstaad in February

Chilly and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

February in Gstaad is chilly: highs near 40°F, lows near 17°F. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 1 minute from the first week to the last.February in Gstaad is chilly: highs near 4°C, lows near -8°C. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 1 minute from the first week to the last.

High
40°F4°Caverage
Low
17°F-8°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 46% of days
Daylight
10h 14mon average

Is February a good time to visit Gstaad?

February sits outside Gstaad's best months, which run from July 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 February sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 40°F in February, against 37°F to 73°F through the year.Highs near 4°C in February, against 3°C to 23°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

46% of days in February, against 45% to 70% through the year.

Cloud cover

59% cover in February, against 47% to 64% through the year.

Daylight

10h 14m in February, against 8h 38m to 15h 45m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. January37°3°low 16°low -9°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. February40°4°low 17°low -8°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. March46°8°low 22°low -6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Gstaad sits, in February

Europe/Zurich
this place
typical high in February 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-February
7:36 AMsets 5:54 PM
Above the sea
1,053 mupland
Latitude
46.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Crans24 km south-east

The land around Gstaad, shaded by its typical high in February, 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 February

high · low · wet days
See February on the planning mapThe whole year in Gstaad

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Gstaad. 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 (1,053 m) against the climate model's (1,646 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 (1,053 m) against the climate model's (1,646 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.