Zermatt Heliport

LSEZ · Valais, Switzerland

Climate Zermatt Heliport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sion Airport (LSGS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 91.1 96 91 99 82 99
February 93.7 97 98 96 93 94
March 95.1 93 95 99 96 92
April 98.6 98 99 100 100
May 99.0 99 100 99 99
June 99.2 99 100 99 99
July 99.1 99 99 98 99
August 99.3 99 99 100 99
September 99.5 100 100 99 99
October 98.2 100 98 98 98
November 91.5 88 97 88 95
December 86.4 87 86 76 91
Average 96.4 95.0 96.6 98.4 95.2 97.3

1st best VFR conditions of Switzerland

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 96.3 99 98 100 93 100
February 97.8 100 100 97 100 97
March 98.5 100 98 100 99 97
April 99.8 100 100 100 100
May 99.9 100 100 100 100
June 99.9 100 100 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.9 100 100 100 100
September 100.0 100 100 100 100
October 99.7 100 100 100 100
November 97.2 96 99 98 99
December 92.5 94 96 83 96
Average 98.8 99.3 99.0 99.5 98.3 99.1

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.1 7 4 5 3 7
February 10.3 12 11 10 11 12
March 13.7 15 13 15 13 13
April 18.0 16 17 16 21
May 21.7 23 25 18 23
June 27.3 30 28 27 24
July 28.7 29 31 25 29
August 27.8 31 29 25 28
September 23.2 26 22 23 23
October 18.1 20 20 17 15
November 10.2 9 12 9 12
December 5.2 7 5 3 6
Average 16.7 11.3 18.2 18.6 16.0 17.6

3rd highest temperature of Switzerland

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -3.7 -1 -3 -4 -2 -2
February 0.3 2 -1 0 2 1
March 3.0 4 3 2 2 3
April 6.3 6 6 5 8
May 10.4 11 13 8 11
June 15.5 17 16 16 14
July 16.8 17 18 15 17
August 15.6 17 15 14 15
September 12.2 14 12 13 12
October 7.7 8 10 6 7
November 2.2 2 3 2 2
December -2.9 0 -1 -3 0
Average 6.5 1.6 7.6 7.7 6.3 7.2

13th lowest temperature of Switzerland

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.4 9 12 1 18 6
February 7.4 4 0 10 9 14
March 10.5 14 23 4 6 7
April 6.0 10 9 6 5
May 8.6 6 6 14 10
June 5.2 3 6 4 10
July 4.2 3 3 13 1
August 5.6 5 3 6 9
September 4.8 3 8 9 3
October 8.0 8 11 2 11
November 11.4 31 8 6 1
December 15.6 20 7 17 7
Average 7.8 9.5 9.3 6.0 8.8 6.9

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.4 3 3 3 3 3
February 4.8 4 5 6 4 6
March 6.2 7 5 6 7 7
April 7.0 7 7 7 6
May 6.9 7 7 7 7
June 6.9 7 7 6 7
July 7.2 7 8 6 8
August 6.6 7 7 7 7
September 6.5 5 7 6 6
October 4.7 4 4 5 4
November 3.6 4 3 4 3
December 3.1 4 3 2 4
Average 5.8 4.9 5.7 6.0 5.5 5.9

3rd highest wind speed of Switzerland

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 231° 163° 233° 223° 145°
February 223° 239° 250° 240° 249°
March 105° 252° 243° 250° 249°
April 256° 253° 249° 249°
May 252° 249° 250° 250°
June 251° 249° 250° 248°
July 252° 251° 252° 249°
August 254° 250° 251° 251°
September 251° 251° 250° 250°
October 240° 221° 240° 235°
November 245° 101° 243° 228°
December 197° 127° 116° 089°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.