Giubiasco climate — normals and trends
Giubiasco (Switzerland) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.1 °C and it receives 1,456 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (15.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Giubiasco averages 149 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 150 rainy days per year.
Giubiasco has warmed by +3.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.38 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 181 to 117 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.1 °C (on 27 June 2019) and the coldest -25.9 °C (on 14 February 1940).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
GiubiascoCanton Ticino
- coords
- 46.17°, 9.01°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.1°C
Average daily high
10.5°C
Average daily low
1.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,456mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
7.3km/h
Seasonal range
19.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
149 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
150 d/yr
Annual snowfall
227.8 cm
Average feels-like high
8.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.0 °C
Average peak gust
39.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.2 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.69 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
34.1 °C
27 June 2019
Coldest day
-25.9 °C
14 February 1940
Wettest day
122 mm
5 September 1984
Windiest day
18.4 km/h
8 April 1943
Strongest gust
129.6 km/h
28 March 1995
Hottest feels-like
34.7 °C
27 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-31.5 °C
14 February 1940
Snowiest day
43.5 cm
31 March 1992
Sunniest day
15.0 h
2 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.4 °C | +3.0 °C | 125 mm | +61 mm |
| Feb | 4.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 38 mm | -29 mm |
| Mar | 8.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 95 mm | +7 mm |
| Apr | 13.4 °C | +3.9 °C | 150 mm | +19 mm |
| May | 16.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 186 mm | +19 mm |
| Jun | 22.6 °C | +4.3 °C | 211 mm | +50 mm |
| Jul | 21.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 230 mm | +92 mm |
| Aug | 21.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 254 mm | +103 mm |
| Sep | 16.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 191 mm | +52 mm |
| Oct | 12.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 66 mm | -79 mm |
| Nov | 7.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 79 mm | -50 mm |
| Dec | 5.6 °C | +4.3 °C | 33 mm | -42 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Giubiasco?
Giubiasco has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.1 °C and it receives 1,456 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Giubiasco?
The hottest day measured in Giubiasco between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 2019, reaching 34.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Giubiasco?
The coldest day measured in Giubiasco between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1940, at -25.9 °C.
Does it snow in Giubiasco?
Yes. Giubiasco gets on average 227.8 cm of snow per year and has around 149 frost days.
Has the climate of Giubiasco warmed?
Yes: Giubiasco warmed by +3.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Giubiasco?
The wettest day measured in Giubiasco between 1940 and 2025 was 5 September 1984, with 122 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Giubiasco?
The windiest day measured in Giubiasco between 1940 and 2025 was 8 April 1943, with winds reaching 18.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Giubiasco?
The warmest month in Giubiasco is July (15.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Giubiasco?
Giubiasco receives on average 1,456 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 150 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Giubiasco?
Giubiasco gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Giubiasco?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Giubiasco between 1940 and 2025 was 31 March 1992, with 43.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Giubiasco?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Giubiasco.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Giubiasco?
In Giubiasco, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.7 °C on 27 June 2019, and the lowest was -31.5 °C on 14 February 1940.
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