Orbe climate — normals and trends
Orbe (Switzerland) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 1,518 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 (17.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Orbe averages 85 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 175 rainy days per year.
Orbe has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 108 to 62 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.7 °C (on 7 July 2015) and the coldest -22.1 °C (on 10 February 1956).
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
OrbeCanton of Vaud
- coords
- 46.73°, 6.53°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.4°C
Average daily high
12.0°C
Average daily low
5.1°C
Annual rainfall
1,518mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
11.6km/h
Seasonal range
17.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
85 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
175 d/yr
Annual snowfall
173.5 cm
Average feels-like high
10.2 °C
Average feels-like low
2.9 °C
Average peak gust
33.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.58 · 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
34.7 °C
7 July 2015
Coldest day
-22.1 °C
10 February 1956
Wettest day
88 mm
10 June 1953
Windiest day
41.0 km/h
25 April 1972
Strongest gust
135.0 km/h
26 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
37.6 °C
26 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-29.2 °C
10 February 1956
Snowiest day
29.1 cm
17 April 2005
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 | 4.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 164 mm | +51 mm |
| Feb | 6.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 73 mm | -32 mm |
| Mar | 10.2 °C | +2.4 °C | 60 mm | -48 mm |
| Apr | 15.0 °C | +3.3 °C | 101 mm | -15 mm |
| May | 16.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 134 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 24.6 °C | +5.3 °C | 176 mm | +25 mm |
| Jul | 22.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 201 mm | +55 mm |
| Aug | 24.1 °C | +3.0 °C | 147 mm | -11 mm |
| Sep | 17.6 °C | -0.1 °C | 208 mm | +84 mm |
| Oct | 12.4 °C | -0.5 °C | 183 mm | +73 mm |
| Nov | 7.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 162 mm | +40 mm |
| Dec | 5.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 36 mm | -86 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Orbe?
Orbe has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 1,518 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Orbe?
The hottest day measured in Orbe between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 2015, reaching 34.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Orbe?
The coldest day measured in Orbe between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1956, at -22.1 °C.
Does it snow in Orbe?
Yes. Orbe gets on average 173.5 cm of snow per year and has around 85 frost days.
Has the climate of Orbe warmed?
Yes: Orbe warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Orbe?
The wettest day measured in Orbe between 1940 and 2025 was 10 June 1953, with 88 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Orbe?
The windiest day measured in Orbe between 1940 and 2025 was 25 April 1972, with winds reaching 41.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Orbe?
The warmest month in Orbe is July (17.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Orbe?
Orbe receives on average 1,518 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 175 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Orbe?
Orbe gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Orbe?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Orbe between 1940 and 2025 was 17 April 2005, with 29.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Orbe?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Orbe.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Orbe?
In Orbe, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.6 °C on 26 June 2019, and the lowest was -29.2 °C on 10 February 1956.
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