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Andermatt vs Lerwick

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Comparing Andermatt change · Lerwick change

Bottom line

Andermatt and Lerwick have nearly identical year-round temperatures, and Andermatt the sunnier.

Year-round temp About the same within 2°F on the year

Wetter About the same similar annual rainfall

Sunnier Andermatt 13 pp less cloud

Colder winters Andermatt 10°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Andermatt and Lerwick, in everyday terms.

Summers

Andermatt has much hotter summers

Andermatt: Mild
Lerwick: Cool

Winters

Lerwick has much milder winters

Andermatt: Cold
Lerwick: Chilly

Rain & snow

Similar yearly rainfall

Andermatt: Wet
Lerwick: Wet

Sky

Andermatt is sunnier

Andermatt: Often cloudy
Lerwick: Often grey

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Andermatt and Lerwick run remarkably close all year.

Precipitation

Both cities get a similar amount of precipitation across the year.

Clear skies

Andermatt has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

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Avg high (°F) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Andermatt	37	38	46	53	60	68	71	70	62	55	44	38
Lerwick	43	42	44	47	51	54	58	58	55	51	46	44
Difference	+6	+4	-2	-6	-10	-14	-14	-12	-7	-5	+2	+6

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Andermatt	37	38	46	53	60	68
Lerwick	43	42	44	47	51	54
Difference	+6	+4	-2	-6	-10	-14

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Andermatt	71	70	62	55	44	38
Lerwick	58	58	55	51	46	44
Difference	-14	-12	-7	-5	+2	+6

Avg low (°F) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Andermatt	25	24	30	35	42	48	52	52	46	40	32	26
Lerwick	35	34	36	38	41	45	49	49	46	41	38	35
Difference	+10	+10	+6	+3	-2	-3	-3	-3	—	+1	+6	+9

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Andermatt	25	24	30	35	42	48
Lerwick	35	34	36	38	41	45
Difference	+10	+10	+6	+3	-2	-3

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Andermatt	52	52	46	40	32	26
Lerwick	49	49	46	41	38	35
Difference	-3	-3	—	+1	+6	+9

Precipitation (in) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Andermatt	2.6	1.9	2.6	3.3	4.3	4.4	4.3	5.2	4.4	4.2	4.2	2.9
Lerwick	5.5	4.5	4	2.5	2.1	2.3	2.6	3.4	4.1	5	5.3	5.5
Difference	+2.9	+2.6	+1.4	-0.7	-2.2	-2.1	-1.7	-1.9	-0.4	+0.8	+1.2	+2.6

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Andermatt	2.6	1.9	2.6	3.3	4.3	4.4
Lerwick	5.5	4.5	4	2.5	2.1	2.3
Difference	+2.9	+2.6	+1.4	-0.7	-2.2	-2.1

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Andermatt	4.3	5.2	4.4	4.2	4.2	2.9
Lerwick	2.6	3.4	4.1	5	5.3	5.5
Difference	-1.7	-1.9	-0.4	+0.8	+1.2	+2.6

Cloud cover (%) Lerwick runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Andermatt	68	70	72	75	75	69	62	61	63	65	70	70
Lerwick	84	84	83	79	76	83	83	80	80	81	82	83
Difference	+16	+13	+11	+4	+1	+14	+22	+19	+17	+15	+12	+13

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Andermatt	68	70	72	75	75	69
Lerwick	84	84	83	79	76	83
Difference	+16	+13	+11	+4	+1	+14

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Andermatt	62	61	63	65	70	70
Lerwick	83	80	80	81	82	83
Difference	+22	+19	+17	+15	+12	+13

Relative humidity (%) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Andermatt	89	89	90	86	81	79	78	79	82	86	90	89
Lerwick	82	81	82	83	85	87	89	88	87	84	82	81
Difference	-7	-8	-8	-3	+3	+9	+11	+9	+4	-2	-8	-8

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Andermatt	89	89	90	86	81	79
Lerwick	82	81	82	83	85	87
Difference	-7	-8	-8	-3	+3	+9

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Andermatt	78	79	82	86	90	89
Lerwick	89	88	87	84	82	81
Difference	+11	+9	+4	-2	-8	-8

How both climates are changing

Both cities are warming. Each city has its own warming trend; see its trends page for the year-by-year detail. Andermatt trends → · Lerwick trends →

Methodology & sources

Andermatt

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from a national meteorological service, measured at Disentis, about 21 km from the city centre.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

Lerwick

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Lerwick, a weather station, about 3 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

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