Switzerland weather retains a somewhat moderate disposition through out the year, although its winters tend to appear as severe to those accustomed to warmer climates. Weather in Switzerland is also characterized by a distinct lack of any extreme fluctuations in heat and cold. Lasting between June to September, summers in Switzerland are warm are great for outdoor activities, while the ski season commences in November and finishes in April.

Switzerland weather is largely modified by its mid-latitude location, its intermediate position between oceanic and continental air mass regimes, and its altitudinal spread over 4,000 m. The regions of central Alps north of the Rhone-Rhine depression and the Alps of Valais are the wettest in the country, closely followed by the Jura ranges.

The Atlantic Ocean is of immense importance to the disposition of weather in the country’s west areas, as it brings a lot of moisture-full winds that usually result in rainfall. Switzerland weather changes to a more continental type towards the country’s eastern regions, characterized by with low temperatures and less precipitation.

South of the Alps an almost Mediterranean kind of weather prevails, with significantly higher temperatures although with also higher levels of precipitation. The highest peaks of the Alps can get snow year-round.