Munich and Zurich are both Alpine-influenced cities, but Zurich sits around 400 m higher, has cooler summers and a pronounced autumn-winter fog phenomenon. Munich gets over 930 mm of annual precipitation while Zurich records around 1100 mm, yet Munich can be sunnier in summer thanks to Föhn weather patterns. The comparison shows how much small cities can differ climatically within a short distance.
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The comparison tool above stacks Munich and Zurich into the same time window. Pick a month from last year, a quarter from 2020, or a full summer, and both cities are scored on the same four metrics: temperature, sunshine, precipitation, and wind. Aggregation switches between day, week, and month depending on how granular you want the trace.
A side-by-side comparison surfaces differences that a single-city view hides. If Munich and Zurich sit in the same climate region, the gaps are small but both cities react similarly to weather patterns. If they sit further apart, coast versus inland or north versus south, regional effects show up directly in the numbers.
Both cities draw from the same dataset: the ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis archive, retrieved via the Open-Meteo archive API. Reanalysis means every available satellite and surface measurement is reconciled retrospectively and placed on a consistent grid. Values for Munich and Zurich are therefore directly comparable whether you look at 1970 or 2025.
The comparison is free and ad-free. Every selection sits in the URL so you can share the result as a link or embed it into your own page via the widget. If you want to go deeper, the individual city pages for Munich and Zurich are reachable in the block directly below.