Murten/Morat climate — normals and trends
Murten/Morat (Switzerland) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.1 °C and it receives 1,358 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 (17.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Murten/Morat averages 97 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 179 rainy days per year.
Murten/Morat has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 121 to 73 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.1 °C (on 7 July 2015) and the coldest -23.6 °C (on 23 January 1942).
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
Murten/MoratCanton of Fribourg
- coords
- 46.93°, 7.12°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.1°C
Average daily high
12.0°C
Average daily low
4.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,358mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
11.7km/h
Seasonal range
18.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
97 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
179 d/yr
Annual snowfall
157.0 cm
Average feels-like high
10.1 °C
Average feels-like low
2.3 °C
Average peak gust
33.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.59 · 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
35.1 °C
7 July 2015
Coldest day
-23.6 °C
23 January 1942
Wettest day
86 mm
10 June 1953
Windiest day
43.0 km/h
26 December 1999
Strongest gust
134.6 km/h
26 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
37.1 °C
30 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-30.3 °C
10 February 1956
Snowiest day
26.5 cm
4 March 2006
Sunniest day
15.0 h
20 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.6 °C | +2.7 °C | 137 mm | +38 mm |
| Feb | 5.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 59 mm | -34 mm |
| Mar | 10.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 54 mm | -43 mm |
| Apr | 14.9 °C | +2.9 °C | 91 mm | -19 mm |
| May | 16.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 142 mm | +5 mm |
| Jun | 24.6 °C | +5.1 °C | 137 mm | +1 mm |
| Jul | 21.9 °C | +0.1 °C | 188 mm | +56 mm |
| Aug | 23.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 166 mm | +29 mm |
| Sep | 17.6 °C | -0.1 °C | 175 mm | +68 mm |
| Oct | 12.2 °C | -0.5 °C | 146 mm | +50 mm |
| Nov | 7.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 142 mm | +34 mm |
| Dec | 5.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 29 mm | -77 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Murten/Morat?
Murten/Morat has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.1 °C and it receives 1,358 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Murten/Morat?
The hottest day measured in Murten/Morat between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 2015, reaching 35.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Murten/Morat?
The coldest day measured in Murten/Morat between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1942, at -23.6 °C.
Does it snow in Murten/Morat?
Yes. Murten/Morat gets on average 157.0 cm of snow per year and has around 97 frost days.
Has the climate of Murten/Morat warmed?
Yes: Murten/Morat warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Murten/Morat?
The wettest day measured in Murten/Morat between 1940 and 2025 was 10 June 1953, with 86 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Murten/Morat?
The windiest day measured in Murten/Morat between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1999, with winds reaching 43.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Murten/Morat?
The warmest month in Murten/Morat is July (17.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Murten/Morat?
Murten/Morat receives on average 1,358 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 179 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Murten/Morat?
Murten/Morat gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Murten/Morat?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Murten/Morat between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 2006, with 26.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Murten/Morat?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Murten/Morat.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Murten/Morat?
In Murten/Morat, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.1 °C on 30 June 2019, and the lowest was -30.3 °C on 10 February 1956.
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