Payerne climate — normals and trends
Payerne (Switzerland) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.3 °C and it receives 1,253 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 (17.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Payerne averages 96 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 166 rainy days per year.
Payerne has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 122 to 70 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.1 °C (on 7 July 2015) and the coldest -22.3 °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
PayerneCanton of Vaud
- coords
- 46.82°, 6.94°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.3°C
Average daily high
12.3°C
Average daily low
4.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,253mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
10.3km/h
Seasonal range
18.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
96 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
166 d/yr
Annual snowfall
144.6 cm
Average feels-like high
10.5 °C
Average feels-like low
2.4 °C
Average peak gust
30.7 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
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.65 · 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
36.1 °C
7 July 2015
Coldest day
-22.3 °C
10 February 1956
Wettest day
78 mm
10 June 1953
Windiest day
37.8 km/h
25 April 1972
Strongest gust
126.4 km/h
26 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
37.5 °C
26 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-29.1 °C
10 February 1956
Snowiest day
24.2 cm
9 February 1999
Sunniest day
15.0 h
20 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.0 °C | +2.8 °C | 139 mm | +45 mm |
| Feb | 6.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 48 mm | -39 mm |
| Mar | 10.7 °C | +2.5 °C | 46 mm | -45 mm |
| Apr | 15.3 °C | +3.3 °C | 91 mm | -7 mm |
| May | 17.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 131 mm | +8 mm |
| Jun | 25.4 °C | +5.5 °C | 107 mm | -15 mm |
| Jul | 22.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 168 mm | +49 mm |
| Aug | 24.6 °C | +3.0 °C | 120 mm | -3 mm |
| Sep | 17.9 °C | -0.2 °C | 178 mm | +79 mm |
| Oct | 12.4 °C | -0.8 °C | 140 mm | +49 mm |
| Nov | 8.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 131 mm | +26 mm |
| Dec | 5.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 26 mm | -76 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Payerne?
Payerne has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.3 °C and it receives 1,253 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Payerne?
The hottest day measured in Payerne between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 2015, reaching 36.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Payerne?
The coldest day measured in Payerne between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1956, at -22.3 °C.
Does it snow in Payerne?
Yes. Payerne gets on average 144.6 cm of snow per year and has around 96 frost days.
Has the climate of Payerne warmed?
Yes: Payerne warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Payerne?
The wettest day measured in Payerne between 1940 and 2025 was 10 June 1953, with 78 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Payerne?
The windiest day measured in Payerne between 1940 and 2025 was 25 April 1972, with winds reaching 37.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Payerne?
The warmest month in Payerne is July (17.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Payerne?
Payerne receives on average 1,253 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 166 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Payerne?
Payerne gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Payerne?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Payerne between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1999, with 24.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Payerne?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Payerne.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Payerne?
In Payerne, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.5 °C on 26 June 2019, and the lowest was -29.1 °C on 10 February 1956.
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