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CityCompass
Best time to be here: June to August. Every month below carries its climate normals and a comfort score you can tune to your own tolerances.
Dots are the other cities we cover here. Click one to switch.
Days 3 °C, nights -3 °C
83 h sunshine · 8.7 h daylight
94 mm rain · 88% humidity
Days 5 °C, nights -3 °C
112 h sunshine · 10.0 h daylight
73 mm rain · 86% humidity
Days 10 °C, nights 1 °C
176 h sunshine · 11.6 h daylight
92 mm rain · 82% humidity
Days 15 °C, nights 5 °C
198 h sunshine · 13.4 h daylight
91 mm rain · 79% humidity
Days 19 °C, nights 9 °C
208 h sunshine · 14.9 h daylight
141 mm rain · 79% humidity
Days 23 °C, nights 14 °C
237 h sunshine · 15.7 h daylight
139 mm rain · 78% humidity
Days 24 °C, nights 15 °C
247 h sunshine · 15.4 h daylight
144 mm rain · 77% humidity
Days 24 °C, nights 15 °C
220 h sunshine · 14.1 h daylight
146 mm rain · 79% humidity
Days 19 °C, nights 11 °C
181 h sunshine · 12.3 h daylight
103 mm rain · 82% humidity
Days 15 °C, nights 7 °C
133 h sunshine · 10.6 h daylight
100 mm rain · 85% humidity
Days 9 °C, nights 2 °C
78 h sunshine · 9.1 h daylight
87 mm rain · 88% humidity
Days 4 °C, nights -2 °C
64 h sunshine · 8.3 h daylight
102 mm rain · 88% humidity
Living in Zürich means living under Switzerland's tax and legal system. The essentials, from our country research:
Would Switzerland actually work for your taxes?
It runs regimes like Lump-Sum Taxation (Forfait fiscal / Pauschalbesteuerung / Imposition d'apres la depense), and whether they fit depends on your income, assets and citizenship, not on averages.
Each month scores 0 to 10 from four weighted components: temperature (35%), sunshine (25%), humidity (20%) and rain (20%), with an extra penalty when heat and humidity combine. Personal tolerances reshape the score: your heat limit compares to how afternoons feel (heat index), your cold limit to typical nights. Data: NASA POWER climatology 2001-2020 with elevation corrections, daylight computed from latitude.
City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Climate normals: NASA POWER (2001-2020) · Live weather: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
CityCompass
Best time to be here: June to August. Every month below carries its climate normals and a comfort score you can tune to your own tolerances.
Dots are the other cities we cover here. Click one to switch.
Days 3 °C, nights -3 °C
83 h sunshine · 8.7 h daylight
94 mm rain · 88% humidity
Days 5 °C, nights -3 °C
112 h sunshine · 10.0 h daylight
73 mm rain · 86% humidity
Days 10 °C, nights 1 °C
176 h sunshine · 11.6 h daylight
92 mm rain · 82% humidity
Days 15 °C, nights 5 °C
198 h sunshine · 13.4 h daylight
91 mm rain · 79% humidity
Days 19 °C, nights 9 °C
208 h sunshine · 14.9 h daylight
141 mm rain · 79% humidity
Days 23 °C, nights 14 °C
237 h sunshine · 15.7 h daylight
139 mm rain · 78% humidity
Days 24 °C, nights 15 °C
247 h sunshine · 15.4 h daylight
144 mm rain · 77% humidity
Days 24 °C, nights 15 °C
220 h sunshine · 14.1 h daylight
146 mm rain · 79% humidity
Days 19 °C, nights 11 °C
181 h sunshine · 12.3 h daylight
103 mm rain · 82% humidity
Days 15 °C, nights 7 °C
133 h sunshine · 10.6 h daylight
100 mm rain · 85% humidity
Days 9 °C, nights 2 °C
78 h sunshine · 9.1 h daylight
87 mm rain · 88% humidity
Days 4 °C, nights -2 °C
64 h sunshine · 8.3 h daylight
102 mm rain · 88% humidity
Living in Zürich means living under Switzerland's tax and legal system. The essentials, from our country research:
Would Switzerland actually work for your taxes?
It runs regimes like Lump-Sum Taxation (Forfait fiscal / Pauschalbesteuerung / Imposition d'apres la depense), and whether they fit depends on your income, assets and citizenship, not on averages.
Each month scores 0 to 10 from four weighted components: temperature (35%), sunshine (25%), humidity (20%) and rain (20%), with an extra penalty when heat and humidity combine. Personal tolerances reshape the score: your heat limit compares to how afternoons feel (heat index), your cold limit to typical nights. Data: NASA POWER climatology 2001-2020 with elevation corrections, daylight computed from latitude.
City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Climate normals: NASA POWER (2001-2020) · Live weather: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)