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Best time to visit Davos
Switzerland · Europe
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Davos
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- JanJDavos in January: avoid
- FebFDavos in February: avoid
- MarMDavos in March: avoid
- AprADavos in April: ok
- MayMDavos in May: ok
- JunJDavos in June: sweet spot
- JulJDavos in July: sweet spot
- AugADavos in August: sweet spot
- SepSDavos in September: sweet spot
- OctODavos in October: ok
- NovNDavos in November: avoid
- DecDDavos in December: avoid
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Things to do in Davos
- Kirchner Museum Davos Established in honour of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, the German Expressionist painter.
- Madrisahorn Mountain in the Rätikon in Switzerland
- Silvrettahorn Mountain of the Silvretta Alps at the border of Vorarlberg, Austria, and Grisons, Switzerland
- Gross Seehorn Mountain of the Silvretta at the border of Vorarlberg, Austria, and Grisons, Switzerland
- Gross Litzner Mountain in the Rätikon at the border Vorarlberg / Grisons
- Signalhorn Mountain in the Silvretta at the border Vorarlberg / Grisons
- Isentällispitz Mountain in the Silvretta at the border Vorarlberg / Grisons
Tours and tickets in Davos
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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Davos), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.
Month by month
| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0° | 11d | 74% | 6.1h | avoid | bitter cold: 0C daily max |
| Feb | 3° | 9d | 73% | 7.1h | avoid | bitter cold: 3C daily max |
| Mar | 4° | 11d | 76% | 8.4h | avoid | bitter cold: 4C daily max |
| Apr | 8° | 11d | 75% | 10.1h | ok | 8C max, 11 rainy days |
| May | 12° | 18d | 79% | 10.2h | ok | 12C max, 18 rainy days |
| Jun | 18° | 14d | 76% | 12.3h | sweet spot | 18C max, 14 rainy days |
| Jul | 19° | 14d | 77% | 12.5h | sweet spot | 19C max, 14 rainy days |
| Aug | 19° | 13d | 78% | 11.0h | sweet spot | 19C max, 13 rainy days |
| Sep | 15° | 11d | 80% | 9.5h | sweet spot | 15C max, 11 rainy days |
| Oct | 11° | 10d | 80% | 7.7h | ok | 11C max, 10 rainy days |
| Nov | 5° | 9d | 77% | 6.3h | avoid | bitter cold: 5C daily max |
| Dec | 2° | 12d | 76% | 5.1h | avoid | bitter cold: 2C daily max |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at Davos Dorf: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
How busy it gets
Then and now
Davos's June days now average 18.4°C, 5.6°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 9 of 12 months are clearly warmer.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | -2.9° | -1.0° | 2.0° | 5.3° | 9.5° | 12.8° | 17.5° | 17.1° | 14.6° | 10.5° | 3.5° | -1.3° |
| 2017–26 | 0.0° | 2.7° | 4.5° | 8.3° | 12.3° | 18.4° | 19.1° | 19.4° | 15.3° | 11.5° | 5.1° | 1.6° |
| Change | +3.0° | +3.7° | +2.5° | +3.1° | +2.8° | +5.6° | +1.6° | +2.3° | +0.6° | +1.0° | +1.7° | +2.9° |
The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.
Getting there
Fly into Zurich (ZRH), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Zurich.
The drive from each airport is the road's, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT: typical, not a schedule.
How far Davos is depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
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Before you go
Type C plugs at 230 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Swiss franc. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise normal security precautions. US State Department: Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions. Everything for Switzerland: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
Being there
On arrival
- Paying — Cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay are accepted almost everywhere, and cash still works. Locals often pay with TWINT, a Swiss payment app; a visitor can simply use a card.
- UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
- Tipping — Service is included by law; round up or add up to about 10% in restaurants if you were pleased. Never required.
Getting around Davos
- Apps — Rides: Bolt, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp.
The municipal bus system is very convenient, traversing from one end of the Promenade to the other. Davos is only around 3 or 4 km long and about 1 km wide, so it is easy to get anywhere by bus or a short walk. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Davos, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Help
- Emergency — 112 (any emergency) · police 117 · ambulance 144 · fire 118.
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.
Your embassy — : how to reach your embassy or consulate abroad. A guess from your city, : a city is not a passport.
Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.
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- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Switzerland
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Davos in pictures
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What Davos is like
Davos is a winter and summer resort village located in the heart of the Graubünden in the east of Switzerland. In the early 1990s, Davos became famous for hosting the World Economic Forum, an annual winter gathering of international politicians and financiers who represented a transnational elite. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- Kirchner Museum Davos, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Platz. Open Tue through Sun. Established in honour of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, the German Expressionist painter. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- Bier Vision Monstein (Monstein Brewery). Have a drink atop the highest brewery in Europe. Take a class and learn about the finer points of beer making. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- Davos is accessible by train, bus or car. The central part of Davos has two train stations, Davos Dorf and Davos Platz, which are about a half an hour walk from each other. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Davos, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.
Around Davos
Also in Switzerland
- Basel best Apr, May, Jun
- Bern best Apr, Jul, Sep
- Geneva best Apr, May, Jul
- Interlaken best Apr, Jul, Oct
- Lausanne best Apr, May, Jul
- Lucerne best Apr, May, Jun
- Lugano best Apr, Jul, Aug
- St. Gallen best May, Jun, Sep
- St. Moritz best Jun, Jul, Aug
- Zermatt best Feb, Mar, Apr
- Zurich best Apr, May, Aug
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Kind of place
Davos is in Switzerland, Europe. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.
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