Basel-City, Switzerland · population 164,488 · 500 weather stations within 200 km · records 1750 to 2025
Basel has an average annual daytime high of 13.9°C, based on the 1951 to 1980 baseline. Its warmest month is July, when highs typically reach 23.9°C, and its coldest is January, with overnight lows near -2.3°C.
These figures reflect annual averages, not single-day records. Daily observations are outside this dataset's precision.
Since 1900, Basel's average temperature has risen by +2.4°C. Compared to the earliest station records that begin in 1750, warming totals +2.6°C.
20-year smoothed annual temperature reconstructed from station anomalies. Dashed line: 1951–1980 baseline.
Daytime highs sit within a comfortable 15°C to 26°C range.
Basel's average annual daytime high is 13.9°C, based on the 1951 to 1980 baseline period. The warmest month is July, with highs averaging 23.9°C, and the coldest is January, with lows averaging -2.3°C.
July is the warmest month in Basel, with typical daytime highs of 23.9°C.
2023 is the hottest year on record for Basel, running +2.6°C above the 1951 to 1980 baseline.
Yes. Since 1900, Basel has warmed by roughly +2.4°C.
May to September typically offers the most comfortable daytime highs, in the 15°C to 26°C range.
Baseline period 1951 to 1980. Monthly averages are the mean of station observations weighted by proximity. Warming trend is the 20-year smoothed anomaly against that baseline.