Winterthur
City in Switzerland: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
View of Winterthur: Simon Aughton, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Winterthur is a city in Switzerland, in Zurich. About 111,840 people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of Switzerland in our atlas.
It lies at 47.51° N, 8.72° E, about 441 m (1,447 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Zurich time zone.
Location
Red dot: Winterthur. Green dots: other major cities of Switzerland. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Winterthur has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 23°C (74°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -4°C (25°F). Around 1,311 mm (52 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in SwitzerlandNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Zürich · 20 km
- Sankt Gallen · 50 km
- Luzern · 59 km
- Basel · 86 km
- Bern · 114 km
- Lugano · 167 km
- Lausanne · 191 km
- Geneva · 241 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2657970 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q9125 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- View of Winterthur: Simon Aughton, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)