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GeoMaps 500 Vector
Regions and cities, Environment
Six «GeoMaps» at 1:500000 scale give a broad overview of the composition and major features of the underlying structure of Switzerland. The geological map provides an overview o...
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Swiss Map Vector 500, Swiss national vector map 1:500 000
Regions and cities, Environment
Swiss Map Vector 500 is the Swiss national 1:500,000 scale map in vector format. It includes the railway network, all highways, semi-highways, transit and link roads, a highly s...
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National Map 1:500'000, winter representation
Regions and cities, Environment
The winter national map 1:500'000 is a derivation of the topographical national map 1:500'000 of Switzerland with detailed depictions of traffic, settlement areas, terrain, bodi...
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Climate normals temperature 1991-2020
Regions and cities, Environment
Spatial analysis of monthly and yearly averages of temperature over the norm period 1991-2020. Source: MeteoSwiss
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Measurement values sunshine duration, 10 min total
Regions and cities, Environment
Current measurement values of Sunshine duration, 10 min [min]. Data is updated every 10 minutes. The data set contains all weather stations of the SwissMetNet, the automatic mon...
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Climate normals precipitation 1991-2020
Regions and cities, Environment
Spatial analysis of monthly and yearly averages of precipitation over the norm period 1981-2010. Source: MeteoSwiss
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Radio Soundings
Regions and cities, Environment
Twice a day, MeteoSwiss carries out radio sounding using sounding balloons for the purpose of measuring key meteorological parameters in the atmosphere at high elevations. Radio...
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Maximum expected hailstone sizes (radar)
Regions and cities, Environment
The data contain the largest hailstone size by month and year, respectively, as well as the average number of days with hailstone sizes from 2 cm and 4 cm, respectively. Hailsto...
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Phenological observations
Regions and cities, Environment
The Swiss phenology network consists of 170 stations. Some 26 different plant species are observed in order to describe the vegetation development. On the basis of this informat...
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Measurement values wind gust 1 s, 10 min maximum
Regions and cities, Environment
Current measurement values of Wind gust 1 s, 10 min [km/h]. Data is updated every 10 minutes. The data set contains all weather stations of the SwissMetNet, the automatic monito...
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Measurement values wind speed, 10 min mean
Regions and cities, Environment
Current measurement values of Wind speed, 10 min [km/h]. Data is updated every 10 minutes. The data set contains all weather stations of the SwissMetNet, the automatic monitorin...
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Visual meteorological observations
Regions and cities, Environment
The information on current weather events is supplemented by visual human observations. The atmospheric conditions around the observation site are described in detail. Visual ob...
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Hail hazard on a reference area of 100m2: hail size with 10-year return period
Regions and cities, Environment
The hail hazard maps show statistically estimated return values of the hailstone size LEHA-100 for the 10-year return period. LEHA-100 describes the largest hailstone size to be...
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Climate normals temperature 1961-1990
Regions and cities, Environment
Spatial analysis of monthly and yearly averages of temperature over the norm period 1961-1990. Source: MeteoSwiss
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Swiss temperature mean
Regions and cities, Environment
The Swiss temperature mean describes the temperature measured on average across the entire area of the country and at the various altitudes of Switzerland. The mean has been ava...
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Geopotential height of the 850 hPa-surface, 10 min mean
Regions and cities, Environment
Current measurement values of Geopotential height 850 hPa, 10 min [gpm]. Data is updated every 10 minutes. The data set contains all weather stations of the SwissMetNet, the aut...
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Observations for aviation
Regions and cities, Environment
MeteoSwiss is responsible for flight safety from a meteorological perspective and makes an important contribution to aviation safety with its meteorological readings. The high v...
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Climate normals precipitation 1961-1990
Regions and cities, Environment
Spatial analysis of monthly and yearly averages of precipitation over the norm period 1961-1990. Source: MeteoSwiss
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Atmosphere stations
Regions and cities, Environment
MeteoSwiss monitors the atmosphere and measures its properties and composition. To do so, it uses various instruments and methods, including radio soundings, remote sensing devi...
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Potential heat recovery from wastewater treatment plants
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) treat and purify wastewater. Wastewater is water that has been polluted through activities such as cooking, doing laundry or showering and th...
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Projektierungszonen Starkstromanlagen V2.0 OeREB
Regions and cities, Environment
A reserved zone serves to keep an area free for future lines. In a reserved zone, no projects that could interfere with the construction of a new line may be undertaken for a ma...
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2000-Watt Sites
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
The 2000-Watt Sites label is used for certifying residential areas that are able to demonstrate a sustainable use of resources for the construction, operation and renovation of ...
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Biogas plants
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
Biogas plants convert organic matter into gas through a fermentation process. The resulting gas mixture is composed mainly of energy-rich methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2)....
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Potential use of lakes and rivers for heat extraction and heat discharge
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
Lakes and rivers provide a great yet largely untapped source of thermal energy. In Switzerland, this renewable source of energy source could be used for heating (heat extraction...
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Sectoral Plan Deep Geological Repositories
Regions and cities, Environment
Most of the radioactive waste in Switzerland comes from the country's five nuclear power plants, though a certain amount is also produced in the healthcare sector, in industry a...