Country ranking
Switzerland: warming city by city
14 weather stations ranked by temperature change between 1961–1990 and 2016–2025.
Key figures: Switzerland
- Median change
- +1.89°C14 stations, 2016–2025 versus 1961–1990
- Largest increase
- +2.26°CGeneva (GENEVE COINTRIN)
- Smallest increase
- +1.54°CBern (BERN/ZOLLIKOFEN)
- Longest record
- since 1885Appenzell (SAENTIS)
For each station, we compare the mean annual temperature of 2016–2025 with the same station's 1961–1990 mean. In this ranking the change runs from +1.54°C in Bern to +2.26°C in Geneva; half of the 14 stations are above +1.89°C.
Over 2016–2025, the warmest station in the ranking is Lugano (annual mean 13.8°C) and the coldest is Appenzell (0.4°C).
Switzerland: which cities are warming fastest?
| # | City | Station | Record | 1961–1990 | 2016–2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GenevaGENEVE COINTRIN · 1902–2025 | GENEVE COINTRIN · ECAD | 1902–2025 | 9.7°C | 11.9°C | +2.26°C |
| 2 | NeuchatelNEUCHATEL · 1902–2025 | NEUCHATEL · ECAD | 1902–2025 | 9.5°C | 11.6°C | +2.06°C |
| 3 | AppenzellSAENTIS · 1885–2025 | SAENTIS · NOAA | 1885–2025 | −1.6°C | 0.4°C | +2.01°C |
| 4 | ZurichZUERICH/FLUNTERN · 1902–2025 | ZUERICH/FLUNTERN · ECAD | 1902–2025 | 8.7°C | 10.7°C | +2.01°C |
| 5 | BaselBASEL BINNINGEN · 1901–2025 | BASEL BINNINGEN · NOAA | 1901–2025 | 10.1°C | 12.0°C | +1.94°C |
| 6 | LucerneLUZERN · 1932–2025 | LUZERN · ECAD | 1932–2025 | 9.1°C | 11.0°C | +1.91°C |
| 7 | SionSION 2 · 1957–2025 | SION 2 · NOAA | 1957–2025 | 10.1°C | 12.0°C | +1.90°C |
| 8 | LuganoLUGANO · 1902–2025 | LUGANO · ECAD | 1902–2025 | 11.9°C | 13.8°C | +1.88°C |
| 9 | S. BernardinoS. BERNARDINO · 1969–2025 | S. BERNARDINO · ECAD | 1969–2025 | 3.2°C | 5.0°C | +1.83°C |
| 10 | SamedanSAMEDAN · 1902–2025 | SAMEDAN · ECAD | 1902–2025 | 1.3°C | 3.1°C | +1.78°C |
| 11 | Samedan 1SAMEDAN 1 · 1902–2025 | SAMEDAN 1 · ECAD | 1902–2025 | 1.3°C | 3.1°C | +1.78°C |
| 12 | AltdorfALTDORF · 1921–2025 | ALTDORF · ECAD | 1921–2025 | 9.2°C | 11.0°C | +1.75°C |
| 13 | DavosDAVOS · 1902–2025 | DAVOS · ECAD | 1902–2025 | 3.1°C | 4.8°C | +1.71°C |
| 14 | BernBERN/ZOLLIKOFEN · 1902–2025 | BERN/ZOLLIKOFEN · ECAD | 1902–2025 | 8.7°C | 10.2°C | +1.54°C |
Detailed city pages: Switzerland
Full annual series, temperature records and monthly averages.
Method and limits
- Data: annual means from NOAA (GHCN) and ECA&D stations. A station is ranked when it has at least 20 years in 1961–1990 and 8 years in 2016–2025.
- One row per station: when several towns share the same station, only the nearest one is shown.
- These are raw, non-homogenised series: a station move, an instrument change or urban growth can increase or reduce the change at one station. The country median is more robust than the rank of any single city.
- Changes below −1.5°C or above +6°C are treated as measurement breaks and left out.