Vaduz climate
Vaduz is warmest in July, with average highs of 24 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -4.1 °C. August is the wettest month (217 mm) and February the driest (107 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Vaduz averages 1,820 mm of rain, 36 days above 25 °C and 85 days below freezing.
Liechtenstein · population 5,197 · 1991–2020 normals
Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month
- Warmest month July 24 °C
- Coldest month January -4.1 °C
- Driest month February 107 mm
- Wettest month August 217 mm
- Least cloud July 60 % cloud
- Hottest on record June 34 °C
- Coldest on record January -21 °C
What to expectVaduz through the year
Vaduz has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 4.8 °C in January to 24 °C in July, a swing of 19 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 36 days a year reach 25 °C, 4 of them reach 30 °C, 85 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in June.
Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 217 mm against 107 mm in February — 2.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.8 °C | 113 mm | 64 % |
| February | 6.2 °C | 107 mm | 63 % |
| March | 9.7 °C | 126 mm | 63 % |
| April | 13.1 °C | 127 mm | 64 % |
| May | 17.9 °C | 186 mm | 67 % |
| June | 21.7 °C | 215 mm | 65 % |
| July | 23.5 °C | 206 mm | 60 % |
| August | 23.5 °C | 217 mm | 61 % |
| September | 19.7 °C | 152 mm | 65 % |
| October | 16.0 °C | 122 mm | 67 % |
| November | 9.9 °C | 122 mm | 69 % |
| December | 5.4 °C | 127 mm | 66 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.8 °C | -4.1 °C | 0.3 °C | 16.0 °C | -21.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| February | 6.2 °C | -3.0 °C | 1.7 °C | 18.2 °C | -18.4 °C | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| March | 9.7 °C | 0.7 °C | 5.3 °C | 21.8 °C | -19.9 °C | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| April | 13.1 °C | 3.8 °C | 8.8 °C | 25.3 °C | -12.6 °C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| May | 17.9 °C | 8.1 °C | 13.4 °C | 29.9 °C | -1.4 °C | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 21.7 °C | 11.9 °C | 17.2 °C | 33.9 °C | 1.8 °C | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| July | 23.5 °C | 13.7 °C | 19.0 °C | 33.7 °C | 4.3 °C | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| August | 23.5 °C | 13.8 °C | 18.9 °C | 33.9 °C | 4.6 °C | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| September | 19.7 °C | 10.5 °C | 15.1 °C | 28.9 °C | 1.3 °C | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 16.0 °C | 7.0 °C | 11.4 °C | 25.9 °C | -10.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| November | 9.9 °C | 1.5 °C | 5.6 °C | 22.0 °C | -18.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| December | 5.4 °C | -3.0 °C | 1.3 °C | 15.4 °C | -20.1 °C | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 113 mm | 13 | 8.9 h/day | 64 % | 75 % | 7.5 km/h |
| February | 107 mm | 12 | 10 h/day | 63 % | 75 % | 7.4 km/h |
| March | 126 mm | 15 | 12 h/day | 63 % | 75 % | 7.7 km/h |
| April | 127 mm | 15 | 14 h/day | 64 % | 75 % | 7.7 km/h |
| May | 186 mm | 20 | 15 h/day | 67 % | 78 % | 7.6 km/h |
| June | 215 mm | 19 | 16 h/day | 65 % | 80 % | 7.4 km/h |
| July | 206 mm | 19 | 16 h/day | 60 % | 80 % | 7.2 km/h |
| August | 217 mm | 19 | 14 h/day | 61 % | 82 % | 6.8 km/h |
| September | 152 mm | 15 | 13 h/day | 65 % | 83 % | 6.9 km/h |
| October | 122 mm | 13 | 11 h/day | 67 % | 81 % | 7.1 km/h |
| November | 122 mm | 13 | 9.4 h/day | 69 % | 80 % | 7.2 km/h |
| December | 127 mm | 14 | 8.5 h/day | 66 % | 77 % | 7.6 km/h |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Vaduz.
QuestionsCommon questions about Vaduz’s climate
When is the best time to visit Vaduz?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Vaduz get?
In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 24 °C. About 4 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average -4.1 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 85 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Vaduz?
August, averaging 217 mm over 19 days with rain. The driest month is February with 107 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,820 mm.
Are these figures a forecast?
No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Vaduz rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Data point
- 47.142°, 9.522° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.