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Zermatt in July

Mild and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

July in Zermatt is mild: highs near 67°F, lows near 42°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, and the days shorten by 36 minutes from the first week to the last.July in Zermatt is mild: highs near 19°C, lows near 6°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, and the days shorten by 36 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
67°F19°Caverage
Low
42°F6°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 66% of days
Daylight
15h 20mon average

Is July a good time to visit Zermatt?

Yes. July is one of Zermatt'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 July sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 67°F in July, against 31°F to 68°F through the year.Highs near 19°C in July, against -1°C to 20°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

66% of days in July, against 43% to 70% through the year.

Cloud cover

44% cover in July, against 44% to 64% through the year.

Daylight

15h 20m in July, against 8h 42m to 15h 41m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. June62°17°low 38°low 3°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. July67°19°low 42°low 6°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. August68°20°low 42°low 6°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Zermatt sits, in July

Europe/Zurich
this place
typical high in July 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-July
5:52 AMsets 9:18 PM
Above the sea
1,600 mhigh country
Latitude
46.0°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Crans38 km north-west

The land around Zermatt, shaded by its typical high in July, 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 July

high · low · wet days
See July on the planning mapThe whole year in Zermatt

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Zermatt. 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 (1,600 m) against the climate model's (2,996 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 (1,600 m) against the climate model's (2,996 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.