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Zermatt in September

Mild and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

September in Zermatt is mild: highs near 62°F, lows near 37°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 10 minutes from the first week to the last.September in Zermatt is mild: highs near 17°C, lows near 3°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 10 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
62°F17°Caverage
Low
37°F3°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 55% of days
Daylight
12h 26mon average

Is September a good time to visit Zermatt?

A good month, just outside Zermatt's best months, which run from 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 September sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 62°F in September, against 31°F to 68°F through the year.Highs near 17°C in September, against -1°C to 20°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

55% of days in September, against 43% to 70% through the year.

Cloud cover

53% cover in September, against 44% to 64% through the year.

Daylight

12h 26m in September, against 8h 42m to 15h 41m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. August68°20°low 42°low 6°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. September62°17°low 37°low 3°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. October55°13°low 30°low -1°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Zermatt sits, in September

Europe/Zurich
this place
typical high in September 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-September
7:06 AMsets 7:43 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 September, 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 September

high · low · wet days
See September 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.