St. Moritz weather

The best months to visit St. Moritz are July. White Turf horse racing on frozen Lake St. Moritz runs three Sundays in February; Engadin Skimarathon second Sunday of March draws 14,000 cross-country skiers.

July runs the highest averages in St. Moritz, with typical daytime highs of 17°C (63°F). Summer season transforms into hiking base; locals kite-surf on Silvaplana lake and dine at Chesa Veglia on wood-fired capuns.

January brings the lowest averages, with daytime highs near -3°C (27°F). Corviglia and Corvatsch snow reliability runs late November through May; the Bernina Express Glacier train to Tirano runs even during blizzards.

October typically records the highest monthly rainfall — around 134mm on average. August thunderstorms peak in afternoons; the Inn river valley funnels foehn winds that clear the sky within an hour.

St. Moritz, Switzerland has cool summers, freezing winters, moderate seasonal rainfall. St. Moritz Dorf up the hill hosts the Cresta Run toboggan track where amateurs still crash weekly, invitation-only since 1885. Bad down at the lake has actual affordable restaurants — Hauser Confiserie sells nusstorte cheaper than the palace hotels. Take the Muottas Muragl funicular for panoramic Engadin views tourists skip for the more crowded Piz Nair. Romansh is still spoken here — the Chesa Veglia menu prints capuns and pizzoccheri in local script. You can read the detailed month-by-month breakdown on this page.