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Vals in August

Warm and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Vals is warm: highs near 72°F, lows near 47°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 1 hour 26 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Vals is warm: highs near 22°C, lows near 8°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 1 hour 26 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
72°F22°Caverage
Low
47°F8°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 64% of days
Daylight
14h 07mon average

Is August a good time to visit Vals?

Yes. August is one of Vals'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 72°F in August, against 36°F to 72°F through the year.Highs near 22°C in August, against 2°C to 22°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

64% of days in August, against 45% to 71% through the year.

Cloud cover

52% cover in August, against 50% to 65% through the year.

Daylight

14h 07m in August, against 8h 37m to 15h 46m 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. July72°22°low 46°low 8°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. August72°22°low 47°low 8°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. September65°18°low 41°low 5°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Vals sits, in August

Europe/Zurich
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:20 AMsets 8:36 PM
Above the sea
1,252 mupland
Latitude
46.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Arosa42 km north-east

The land around Vals, 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 Vals

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Vals. 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 (1,252 m) against the climate model's (2,216 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 (1,252 m) against the climate model's (2,216 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.