Winterthur weather in July

In July, Winterthur sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 106 mm of rain across 13.8 wet days and about 15.4 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 42 min at the start of July to 14 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Winterthur's 1st-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Winterthur's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
1st warmest
Overnight low
14°
12th coldest
Rainfall
106 mm
13.8 wet days
Daylight
15 h 24 min
4:49 AM – 8:13 PM
Cloud cover
54%
1st clearest
Wind
7 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.63 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Winterthur is city in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland.

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 8.8 µg/m³ · 2020
Density
1,643/km²
people per km²
Founded
~919 CE

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month.

A typical July day in Winterthur reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C warmer than June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Winterthur

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

July sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Winterthur weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -1°7912.46.28.70.0
Feb / -1°6911.26.29.90.3
Mar10° / 8213.24.511.62.2
Apr14° / 8512.51.913.33.9
May18° / 11915.20.214.95.2
Jun22° / 13°11314.8015.75.9
Jul24° / 14°10613.8015.46.5
Aug23° / 14°10713014.16.6
Sep19° / 11°9111.1012.45.8
Oct14° / 8311.60.410.63.8
Nov / 8712.13.19.11.2
Dec / -0°9313.76.38.30.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 46%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15446
25347
35347
45347
55149
65149
75149
85149
95050
105050
115050
125248
135248
145248
155347
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Winterthur gets around 106 mm of rain over 13.8 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 44% and peaks near 48% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
146
246
347
447
547
648
748
848
948
1047
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1544
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1743
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2142
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3043
3143

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 43% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
1513217
2513217
3513217
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5513217
6513217
7513217
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9503317
10503416
11503416
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20414118
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23364519
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27314721
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Wind in July

Winds average 7 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 42 min at the start of July to 14 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 48 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 4:37 AM to 5:06 AM, and sunset from 8:20 PM to 7:57 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.74:378:20
215.74:378:20
315.74:388:20
415.74:398:19
515.74:398:19
615.64:408:19
715.64:418:18
815.64:428:18
915.64:428:17
1015.64:438:17
1115.54:448:16
1215.54:458:16
1315.54:468:15
1415.54:478:14
1515.44:488:14
1615.44:498:13
1715.44:508:12
1815.34:518:11
1915.34:528:10
2015.34:538:09
2115.24:548:08
2215.24:558:07
2315.24:568:06
2415.14:578:05
2515.14:588:04
2615.15:008:03
2715.05:018:02
2815.05:028:01
2914.95:037:59
3014.95:047:58
3114.95:067:57

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.02 kWh/m² to a high of 5.67 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.63 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.8Bright
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45.7Bright
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305.4Bright
315.4Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Winterthur?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.5
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
5.4
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Winterthur for sightseeing.

What to pack for Winterthur in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Winterthur sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Winterthur in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Winterthur peaks around July 15 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May7High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Winterthur?

Winterthur sits at 47.5°N, 8.7°E, 441 m above sea level, in Switzerland. The nearest listed city is Stadt Winterthur (Kreis 1), 1.0 km away.

Topography around Winterthur

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Winterthur.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Winterthur has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 191 m around an average of 475 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 549 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,315 m.

The land around Winterthur is covered by trees (53%) and artificial surfaces (31%) within 3 km, trees (43%) and cropland (26%) within 16 km, and trees (46%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
191 m
16 km
549 m
80 km
3,315 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
July weather nearby: Stadt Winterthur (Kreis 1) 1.0 km · Oberwinterthur (Kreis 2) 4.0 km · Seen (Kreis 3) 5.0 km · Kloten 12 km · Opfikon 14 km · Bülach 14 km · Frauenfeld 14 km · Dübendorf 14 km

Switzerland travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / J
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 112% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$114,769
2025
Happiness
7.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
97%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.6
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
2.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 564
Religion
Roman Catholic 34%none 29%Protestant 23%other Christian 6%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Winterthur (47.5056°, 8.7241°, elevation 441 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).