Saanen climate — normals and trends
Saanen (Switzerland) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.1 °C and it receives 1,782 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 (13.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Saanen averages 178 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 190 rainy days per year.
Saanen has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 204 to 152 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.2 °C (on 7 July 2015) and the coldest -30.4 °C (on 7 January 1985).
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
SaanenCanton of Bern
- coords
- 46.49°, 7.26°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.1°C
Average daily high
8.8°C
Average daily low
-0.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,782mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
7.7km/h
Seasonal range
19.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
178 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
190 d/yr
Annual snowfall
446.8 cm
Average feels-like high
6.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.1 °C
Average peak gust
33.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.66 · 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
31.2 °C
7 July 2015
Coldest day
-30.4 °C
7 January 1985
Wettest day
80 mm
27 September 1942
Windiest day
21.4 km/h
25 April 1972
Strongest gust
129.2 km/h
26 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
33.0 °C
26 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-35.4 °C
7 January 1985
Snowiest day
32.9 cm
27 September 1942
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 | 1.6 °C | +3.5 °C | 146 mm | +15 mm |
| Feb | 3.6 °C | +3.1 °C | 58 mm | -68 mm |
| Mar | 7.9 °C | +3.6 °C | 69 mm | -60 mm |
| Apr | 12.7 °C | +5.0 °C | 140 mm | +5 mm |
| May | 13.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 203 mm | +32 mm |
| Jun | 22.6 °C | +6.0 °C | 109 mm | -78 mm |
| Jul | 19.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 253 mm | +64 mm |
| Aug | 21.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 154 mm | -29 mm |
| Sep | 15.3 °C | -0.1 °C | 218 mm | +87 mm |
| Oct | 10.1 °C | -0.5 °C | 170 mm | +52 mm |
| Nov | 5.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 149 mm | +11 mm |
| Dec | 3.8 °C | +5.1 °C | 37 mm | -106 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Saanen?
Saanen has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.1 °C and it receives 1,782 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Saanen?
The hottest day measured in Saanen between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 2015, reaching 31.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Saanen?
The coldest day measured in Saanen between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1985, at -30.4 °C.
Does it snow in Saanen?
Yes. Saanen gets on average 446.8 cm of snow per year and has around 178 frost days.
Has the climate of Saanen warmed?
Yes: Saanen warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Saanen?
The wettest day measured in Saanen between 1940 and 2025 was 27 September 1942, with 80 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Saanen?
The windiest day measured in Saanen between 1940 and 2025 was 25 April 1972, with winds reaching 21.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Saanen?
The warmest month in Saanen is July (13.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Saanen?
Saanen receives on average 1,782 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 190 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Saanen?
Saanen 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 Saanen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Saanen between 1940 and 2025 was 27 September 1942, with 32.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Saanen?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Saanen.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Saanen?
In Saanen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.0 °C on 26 June 2019, and the lowest was -35.4 °C on 7 January 1985.
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