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Weather in Switzerland

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Grisons
500 m: up to 30 °C
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1,000 m: up to 26 °C
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2,000 m: up to 20 °C
The north, south, west and east is expected to be able to enjoy a wonderful day full of sunshine. Plenty of sunshine will be expected in the midday, which make way for severe thunderstorms erupting in the evening. A light north breeze brings along balmy temperatures.
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Valais
1,000 m: up to 30 °C
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2,000 m: up to 20 °C
Today is a perfect day in the north, east and west to enjoy some sweet sunshine with a high near 29 °C. Sun is forecast in the morning partly in the south. In the noon, the sky finally clears up and gives way to sunshine. There will be a wonderful day full of sunshine. Temperatures are not far from normal, but the breeze from the west keeps it from feeling as warm as it could if there were no wind.
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Bernese Oberland
500 m: up to 29 °C
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1,000 m: up to 25 °C
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2,000 m: up to 19 °C
The sky is covered by clouds today in the north. The temperature is about 29 °C. Sunny skies team up with temperatures of 29 °C today in the south. The east has to expect some scattered showers today at a temperature of 28 °C. Reaching a high near 28 °C, the weather in the west is going to be partly cloudy today. A light west breeze brings along balmy temperatures.
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Eastern Switzerland
500 m: up to 30 °C
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1,000 m: up to 26 °C
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2,000 m: up to 18 °C
The sky is covered by clouds today in the north. The temperature is about 30 °C. The south is expected to be able to enjoy a wonderful day full of sunshine. Plenty of sunshine will be expected in the midday, which make way for severe thunderstorms erupting in the evening. In the east, the day will be partly cloudy with sunny intervals. The forenoon is mostly cloudy, refreshed with some occasional rain in the night. Most parts in the west are covered with clouds today, with a high near 30 °C. A light west breeze brings along balmy temperatures.
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Four cultures and three natural landscapes

When you plan to spend your holidays in Switzerland, you probably firstly think of impressive high peaks like the Matterhorn, tradition-steeped holiday places such as St. Moritz and wild goats in the picturesque idyll of the Alps. The truth is, Switzerland has much more to offer with a diversity of landscapes, cultural regions and cities like Zurich or Basel.

 

Switzerland is divided into four cultural and linguistic regions: German-speaking Switzerland, the French-speaking part and the Italian and Rhaeto-Romanic parts of the country. The German-speaking part covers the largest territory. It includes the north-west, east and central part of Switzerland as well as parts of the midland and the Swiss Alps. The French-speaking part includes the cantons Geneva, Jura, Neuenburg and Waadt. Bern, Freiburg and Valais are bilingual. The Italian part of Switzerland then are the canton Tessin and parts of Grisons. The Rhaeto-Romans are an own ethnic group in Grisons.

 

There are three kinds of natural landscapes: the Jura mountains, the midland and the Alps, which constitute the biggest part. The Jura, with a length of about 300 kilometers, is confined by the midland, the Hochrhein and the Burgundy Gate. Lake Geneva and Lake Constance as well as the river Rhine, form the natural borders of the midland. The most famous holiday destinations are in the Alps, which attract skiers in winter, and hikers and mountain bikers in summer. In Grisons you will find the Swiss national park, the oldest one in the Alps.

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