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Vals in January

Cold and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Vals is cold: highs near 36°F, lows near 14°F. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 36 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Vals is cold: highs near 2°C, lows near -10°C. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 36 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
36°F2°Caverage
Low
14°F-10°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 47% of days
Daylight
9h 01mon average

Is January a good time to visit Vals?

January sits outside Vals's best months, which run from July to August. Expect cold 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 36°F in January, against 36°F to 72°F through the year.Highs near 2°C in January, against 2°C to 22°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

47% of days in January, against 45% to 71% through the year.

Cloud cover

60% cover in January, against 50% to 65% through the year.

Daylight

9h 01m in January, against 8h 37m to 15h 46m 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. December37°3°low 16°low -9°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. January36°2°low 14°low -10°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. February38°3°low 16°low -9°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Vals sits, in January

Europe/Zurich
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
8:04 AMsets 5:00 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 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 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.