Are there many more sunny days in Switzerland compare to England? Is it noticeable? Is Switzerland has more isolation?
Hello,
Yes. You can check hours of sunshine for Swiss and UK cities yourself here: http://www.climatedata.eu/
Having moved here just over a year ago (living in the South Western part of Switzerland, having lived in London) the answer is - Yes.
Many more does not start to explain.
Think of them inverted, for every day without sun in the U.K., there is a day with sun in Switzerland. For every day of sun in the U.K., there is a cloudy day in Switzerland.
This is my experience, but I do work in an office for 5 out of 7 days in a week and I only "see" the world for 2 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the evening during these 5 days.
I have not had to cancel any outside arrangements on account of the weather.
I hope this answers some of your questions.
B
I was going to answer no, but obviously coming from the UK the perspective changes
I would say yes it was seemingly overcast and grey in the UK and for the first time last year in ages I had a summer and it was wonderful. It is so much brighter here.. even my friends who visited for a couple of days commented the same.
What does that mean?
The two countries have very different weather patterns, you cannot really compare them.
Comparing Basel to Scotland - YES!! Last year Basel was sunnier, warmer, drier and I think the biggest difference was less wind. Its so nice to be able to eat outside without your plate being blown down the street!!
Depends how high you are.
Abnother fabulous sunny day up in the Jura Mountains at 950 altitude. Some parts of CH near Lakes especially, can be gloomy in winter and under the fog lid - but from around 750/800m altitude, you are above it in glorious sunshine most of the time. Lovely in Summer too- although it used to be much wetter in the 50s and 60s. We've actually had glorious weather and even a drought for the past few Summers in the higher regions.
North of the Alps, not really. Influenced by the Atlantic
South of the Alps, yes. Influenced by the Med.
Just look at the weather in Wallis and Ticino. Wunderbar!
Compared with south of London there are many more sunny. days-much hotter and for longer here- in Basel anyway. Winters are colder but drier and brighter. Daylight savings in England means that you an't enjoy the sunny evenings as you can here. People are already sitting outside bars and cafe's. .
winter is freezing but really sunny, and summer is sunny and boiling hot. well that's my perception of Switzerland so far haha.
Right, I think it really depends on where you live in Switzerland. We have 2 apartments. 1 in Chur and the other at Lake Constanz. I can tell you, there is a world of difference between the two. The Canton of Graubünden has some of the best sunny weather in all of Switzerland. We've been here at Lake Constance the last 6 months during the week and I can count the days with sun literally on 1 hand. Makes for a depressingly long winter We've always looked forward to going home to sunny Graubünden every Friday
Weather varies a lot in Switzerland, so that question cannot be answered with a yes or no. I live in Zurich and I hate how much it rains here. Did you know that Zurich receives about the same amount of annual precipitation as Seattle and twice as much as my home town Helsinki? So compared to home, I say Zurich is not my ideal place to live as I hate the rain but as ZH provides such nice quality of life otherwise (close to the mountains etc) I have not considered moving out
Weather varies an awful lot in the States and in the UK too - these vague over-generalised questions are almost impossible to answer.
Durham or St Ives? Cape Cod or Seattle? Williamsburg or Boulder? People too often assume that Switzerland's small size = uniformity. But it is indeed very varied, in 100s of ways. Give us a location, and somewhere in the UK and US you want to compare it too, and then we can answer.
BTW another glorious sunny day up here in the NE Jura.
Definitely yes, more isolation. Specially for the immigrants.
Yeah pots of isolation, more than you can imagine and especially on those grey, overcast or even foggy, freezing winter January mornings. Can't see your own two feet never mind feel them-now that can feel like isolation.
Unless you are a tourist or a goat and can stay way up there above the clouds on the sunny slopes, without having to descend to the low lying metropolis where the money has to be made.
Varies from north to south, according to altitude, quite a lot of variation for a small country.
On the other hand, lots of variety in different parts of Englnd too, with the Atlantic Ocean, Mexican Gulf and the North Sea fighting for attention.
Yes definitely, as a Londoner by birth, it may not mean much but I think that Switzerland has a good amount of sunny days.