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Zermatt in December
okbusy · worth considering · the wettest month of the year
The year in Zermatt
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- JanJZermatt in January: ok, busy
- FebFZermatt in February: sweet spot
- MarMZermatt in March: sweet spot
- AprAZermatt in April: sweet spot
- MayMZermatt in May: ok
- JunJZermatt in June: sweet spot
- JulJZermatt in July: sweet spot
- AugAZermatt in August: good, busy
- SepSZermatt in September: ok, busy
- OctOZermatt in October: ok
- NovNZermatt in November: avoid
- DecDZermatt in December: ok, busy
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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The numbers
| Daily high | 1°C |
|---|---|
| Nightly low | -6°C |
| Feels like, afternoon | -3°C |
| Rainy days, 1 mm or more | 11 · 121 mm |
| Humidity | 69% |
| Sunshine | 5.6 h/day |
| Daylight | 8.7 h/day |
| Crowds | 45 / 100, higher is quieter |
Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.
Weather read at Zermatt village: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
How busy it gets
Public holidays in December
- Mariä Empfängnis 8 Dec 2026
- Weihnachten 25 Dec 2026
- Stephanstag 26 Dec 2026
- Restauration de la République 31 Dec 2026
Holidays crowd a place out and push fares up around them; they count toward the crowd score above.
Zermatt in pictures
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NOTE: This image is a panorama consisting of multiple frame…, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Ximonic (Simo Räsänen), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Ximonic (Simo Räsänen), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What to pack
- A proper coat, hat and gloves: nights average -6°C.
- A packable rain jacket for the 11 or so rainy days.
Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.
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.
On arrival in Zermatt: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.
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