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Take a closer look at Zurich’s weather: temperature, wind, humidity, clouds and pressure, comparisons of available models, and CAMS air quality and pollen forecasts via Open-Meteo. Check the source and data timestamp when comparing them.
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At a glance
- Temperature 12.3 °C Feels like 11.6 °C
- Wind 5 km/h Gusts 13 km/h · NE
- Air pressure 1018.9 hPa → −0.9 hPa in 3 h
- Relative humidity 86 % Dew point 10.0 °C
- Total cloud cover 100 % Low clouds 95 %
- UV index maximum 3.1 Sunshine today 7.8 h
- European AQI 43 Moderate
- Model check Minor differences Tomorrow 11–14°
Temperature, wind & pressure
What you feel outside: temperature, precipitation, wind, humidity and air pressure.
Temperature & precipitation
12.3 °C
Now · 00:00
- Temperature
- 12.3 °C today 10.2–17.5 °C → 12.4 °C in 24 h
- Feels like
- 11.6 °C today 9.1–16.6 °C
- Precipitation
- 0.0 mm
- Rain probability
- 0 % today 0–8 %
Today
- Maximum today
- 17.5 °C
- Minimum today
- 10.1 °C
- Precipitation today
- 0.0 mm
- Probability today
- 8 %
Wind
5 km/h
Humidity & dew point
86 %
Now · 00:00
- Relative humidity
- 86 % today 69–90 % → 84 % in 24 h
- Dew point
- 10.0 °C today 8.3–12.1 °C → 9.8 °C in 24 h
- Wet-bulb temperature
- 10.8 °C today 8.9–13.9 °C
- Vapour pressure deficit
- 0.20 kPa today 0.13–0.61 kPa
Air pressure
1018.9 hPa
Clouds, sun & radiation
How much sun gets through: cloud layers, visibility, UV and solar radiation.
Clouds
100 %
Now · 00:00
- Total cloud cover
- 100 % today 9–100 % → 100 % in 24 h
- Low clouds
- 95 % today 0–95 %
- Mid-level clouds
- 0 % today 0–100 %
- High clouds
- 100 % today 0–100 %
Visibility
24.4 km
Now · 00:00
- Visibility
- 24.4 km today 18.5–37.2 km ↗ 26.9 km in 24 h
Sun & UV
7.8 h
Now · 00:00
- UV index now
- 0.0 today 0.0–3.1
Today
- Sunshine today
- 7.8 h
- Daylight
- 10.6 h
- UV index maximum
- 3.1
- Clear-sky UV index
- 3.3
- Sunrise
- 07:51
- Sunset
- 18:29
- Daylight
- 10 h 38 min
- Moon
- First quarter · 63 %
Radiation
0 W/m²
Now · 00:00
- Shortwave
- 0 W/m² today 0–486 W/m²
- Direct
- 0 W/m² today 0–369 W/m²
- Diffuse
- 0 W/m² today 0–156 W/m²
- DNI
- 0 W/m² today 0–708 W/m²
- GTI
- 0 W/m² today 0–486 W/m²
- Extraterrestrial
- 0 W/m² today 0–729 W/m²
Today
- Daily sum
- 10.2 MJ/m²
Air quality & pollen
What you breathe: the air quality index, the individual pollutants and the pollen count.
Air quality
43 · Moderate
Indices
- European AQI
- 43
- US AQI
- 58
Pollutants
EU AQI per pollutant
- EU AQI PM2.5
- 43
- EU AQI PM10
- 25
- EU AQI NO₂
- 29
- EU AQI O₃
- 11
- EU AQI SO₂
- 1
Pollen
Now · 00:00
- Alder
- 0.0 grains/m³ · low
- Birch
- 0.0 grains/m³ · low
- Grass
- 0.0 grains/m³ · low
- Mugwort
- 0.0 grains/m³ · low
- Ragweed
- 0.0 grains/m³ · low
The DWD pollen forecast is temporarily unavailable.
Thunderstorms, snow & upper air
For weather watchers: thunderstorm energy, snow and freezing level, the mixed layer near the ground and the air aloft.
Thunderstorms
0 J/kg
Now · 00:00
- CAPE
- 0 J/kg → 0 J/kg in 24 h
- Lifted index
- 11.9 today 5.5–14.2
- CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Lightning potential
- 0 J/kg
Snow & freezing level
0.0 cm
Now · 00:00
- Snowfall
- 0.0 cm
- Snow depth
- 0 cm
- Freezing level
- 3780 m today 3270–3780 m ↘ 3250 m in 24 h
- Snowfall level
- 2780 m
Today
- Snow today
- 0.0 cm
Boundary layer & water vapour
245 m
Now · 00:00
- Boundary layer height
- 245 m today 30–345 m ↘ 105 m in 24 h
- Total column water vapour
- 20.6 kg/m² today 20.1–26.5 kg/m²
Upper air
11.5 °C
Pressure levels now
| Level | Temperature | Humidity | Cloud | Wind | Height |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 hPa | 13.9 °C | 86 % | 0 % | 5 km/h NE | 156 m |
| 925 hPa | 11.0 °C | 79 % | 0 % | 6 km/h E | 810 m |
| 850 hPa | 11.5 °C | 66 % | 0 % | 22 km/h S | 1511 m |
| 700 hPa | 4.1 °C | 48 % | 0 % | 19 km/h SW | 3115 m |
| 500 hPa | -13.3 °C | 33 % | 0 % | 32 km/h SW | 5759 m |
| 300 hPa | -42.0 °C | 48 % | 0 % | 12 km/h SW | 9440 m |
Soil & evaporation
For garden and field: soil temperature, soil moisture and how much water evaporates.
Soil
12.3 °C
Soil temperature
- Temperature 0 cm
- 12.3 °C today 10.5–22.3 °C
- Temperature 6 cm
- 13.0 °C today 11.6–19.3 °C
- Temperature 18 cm
- 13.8 °C today 13.2–15.7 °C
- Temperature 54 cm
- 15.5 °C today 15.4–15.5 °C
Soil moisture
- Moisture 0–1 cm
- 0.290 m³/m³ today 0.288–0.291 m³/m³
- Moisture 1–3 cm
- 0.291 m³/m³ today 0.289–0.291 m³/m³
- Moisture 3–9 cm
- 0.291 m³/m³ today 0.290–0.292 m³/m³
- Moisture 9–27 cm
- 0.294 m³/m³
- Moisture 27–81 cm
- 0.303 m³/m³ today 0.302–0.303 m³/m³
Evaporation
0.00 mm
Now · 00:00
- ET₀ (FAO)
- 0.00 mm today 0.00–0.26 mm
- Evapotranspiration
- 0.00 mm
Today
- ET₀ today
- 1.6 mm
Forecast check
How reliable is the forecast? The weather models side by side, and what the nearest station actually measures.
Model comparison
Minor differences
How reliable is the forecast?
The weather models largely agree up to Saturday. From Sunday they diverge: highs between 10° and 16°.
- Tue, Oct 20: Minor differences, 14–18°
- Wed, Oct 21: Minor differences, 11–14° 8 of 8 models with rain
- Thu, Oct 22: Minor differences, 11–14° 1 of 8 models with rain
- Fri, Oct 23: Minor differences, 11–14° 7 of 8 models with rain
- Sat, Oct 24: Models agree, 10–11° 3 of 6 models with rain
- Sun, Oct 25: Models disagree, 10–16° 4 of 6 models with rain
- Mon, Oct 26: Models disagree, 9–15° 4 of 5 models with rain
Thu: 1 of 8 models expects rain.
Range of the daily highs across 9 weather models.
| Day | DWD ICON-D2 | DWD ICON-EU | DWD ICON | ECMWF | NOAA GFS | Canada GEM | Météo-France | UK Met Office | Japan JMA | Agreement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18° 10° 0 mm | 14° 9° 0 mm | 14° 9° 0 mm | 18° 9° 0 mm | 17° 8° 0 mm | 17° 6° 0 mm | 15° 6° 0 mm | 18° 10° 0.3 mm | 16° 6° 0 mm | Minor differences Range 3.8 °C | |
| – – – | 12° 9° 14.1 mm | 12° 9° 15.4 mm | 12° 8° 16.5 mm | 13° 8° 13.1 mm | 11° 8° 22.7 mm | 12° 8° 12.4 mm | 14° 8° 19 mm | 11° 9° 10.8 mm | Minor differences Range 3.5 °C | |
| – – – | 13° 7° 0 mm | 13° 7° 0 mm | 12° 6° 1.7 mm | 14° 6° 0.9 mm | 11° 4° 0.5 mm | 11° 6° 0.8 mm | 13° 7° 0 mm | 14° 6° 0.4 mm | Minor differences Range 3.1 °C | |
| – – – | 13° 6° 1.2 mm | 13° 7° 1.5 mm | 14° 8° 4.8 mm | 12° 7° 3.2 mm | 12° 3° 6 mm | 13° 4° 0.7 mm | 12° 8° 4 mm | 11° 5° 3.2 mm | Minor differences Range 3.2 °C | |
| – – – | – – – | 11° 6° 2.1 mm | 11° 6° 0.3 mm | 10° 6° 1.4 mm | 10° 6° 1.5 mm | – – – | 10° 6° 0.8 mm | 10° 5° 0.9 mm | Models agree Range 1.4 °C | |
| – – – | – – – | 16° 6° 16.5 mm | 12° 5° 29.5 mm | 10° 6° 21.3 mm | 12° 3° 0.3 mm | – – – | 12° 4° 0 mm | 12° 3° 11.1 mm | Models disagree Range 5.9 °C | |
| – – – | – – – | 12° 7° 0 mm | 9° 4° 10.4 mm | 11° 6° 1.8 mm | 15° 4° 1.5 mm | – – – | – – – | 11° 5° 5.3 mm | Models disagree Range 6.1 °C |
Next 24 hours per model
| Model | 01:00 | 04:00 | 07:00 | 10:00 | 13:00 | 16:00 | 19:00 | 22:00 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DWD ICON-D2 | 12° | 12° | 10° | 11° | 15° | 18° | 15° | 13° |
| DWD ICON-EU | 11° | 10° | 9° | 10° | 12° | 14° | 13° | 12° |
| DWD ICON | 11° | 10° | 9° | 10° | 13° | 14° | 13° | 12° |
| ECMWF | 10° | 10° | 9° | 11° | 15° | 17° | 15° | 12° |
| NOAA GFS | 9° | 8° | 8° | 10° | 16° | 17° | 14° | 13° |
| Canada GEM | 11° | 7° | 7° | 9° | 14° | 17° | 14° | 12° |
| Météo-France | 10° | 8° | 6° | 8° | 13° | 15° | 15° | 12° |
| UK Met Office | 12° | 11° | 10° | 11° | 16° | 18° | 17° · 0.2 mm | 14° |
| Japan JMA | 9° | 7° | 6° | 9° | 14° | 15° | 13° | 12° |