Fog report Fri, 23/01

Name: Fog report Fri, 23/01/2026: sunshine at the SwissMetNet stations
Creator: MeteoSwiss
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Fog lid at 1,300–2,000 m, sun above it.

Most sun: Säntis with 7 h 11 min. On the Swiss Plateau 16 of 44 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Friday, 23 January 2026 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

Station up to 2,000 mStation above 2,000 mFog lid, measured

Sun staircase · 23/01/2026 · measured

Sun by altitude at 73 weather stations

Each dot is a MeteoSwiss station: up, how high it lies; right, how long it measured sun on Fri, 23/01.

Stations without a minute of sun: 18

Bière684 m0 min
Payerne490 m0 min
Koppigen485 m0 min
Neuchâtel485 m0 min
Mühleberg480 m0 min
Giswil471 m0 min

Longest in the sun

Säntis2,501 m7 h 11 min
Hörnli1,133 m6 h 35 min
Titlis3,045 m5 h 39 min
Einsiedeln911 m5 h 31 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 2,100 m

All measurements of Fri, 23/01

Minutes of sun per hour at 73 MeteoSwiss weather stations, sorted by height. Each cell is an hour; the dashed line is the measured fog level.

Station · hour ending	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total
Jungfraujoch3,571 m	41 min	60 min	47 min	6 min	60 min	60 min	13 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	4 h 47 min
Titlis3,045 m	43 min	60 min	60 min	41 min	17 min	60 min	48 min	0 min	6 min	4 min	5 h 39 min
Säntis2,501 m	42 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	42 min	40 min	60 min	5 min	2 min	7 h 11 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m	3 min	60 min	36 min	8 min	0 min	0 min	2 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 h 49 min
Pilatus2,105 m	40 min	60 min	60 min	33 min	18 min	60 min	52 min	4 min	0 min	0 min	5 h 27 min
Le Moléson1,974 m	43 min	5 min	12 min	52 min	21 min	2 min	12 min	4 min	0 min	0 min	2 h 31 min
La Dôle1,670 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	16 min	15 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	31 min
Chasseral1,594 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	23 min	30 min	0 min	7 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 h
Napf1,404 m	39 min	60 min	51 min	5 min	48 min	56 min	27 min	0 min	34 min	0 min	5 h 20 min
Adelboden1,321 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	32 min	59 min	37 min	0 min	41 min	22 min	0 min	3 h 11 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	9 min	6 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	15 min
Chaumont1,136 m	34 min	18 min	4 min	11 min	16 min	0 min	1 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 h 24 min
Hörnli1,133 m	43 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	48 min	8 min	60 min	50 min	6 min	0 min	6 h 35 min
La Brévine1,050 m	5 min	0 min	4 min	14 min	4 min	0 min	1 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	28 min
Plaffeien1,042 m	22 min	19 min	0 min	45 min	13 min	1 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 h 40 min
Engelberg1,036 m	0 min	18 min	12 min	46 min	21 min	60 min	47 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	3 h 24 min
Château-d'Oex1,028 m	0 min	0 min	9 min	60 min	26 min	1 min	39 min	17 min	0 min	0 min	2 h 32 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m	18 min	10 min	4 min	52 min	13 min	9 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 h 46 min
Bantiger942 m	40 min	49 min	0 min	9 min	40 min	42 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	3 h
Einsiedeln911 m	2 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	27 min	33 min	60 min	29 min	0 min	0 min	5 h 31 min
Uetliberg854 m	34 min	22 min	0 min	38 min	0 min	35 min	39 min	26 min	8 min	0 min	3 h 22 min
Lägern845 m	32 min	60 min	46 min	15 min	0 min	35 min	60 min	25 min	0 min	0 min	4 h 33 min
Oron828 m	6 min	0 min	23 min	18 min	17 min	0 min	1 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 h 5 min
St. Gallen776 m	0 min	42 min	28 min	50 min	60 min	27 min	33 min	58 min	6 min	0 min	5 h 4 min
Frutigen756 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	25 min	55 min	46 min	0 min	16 min	8 min	0 min	2 h 30 min
Langnau i.E.744 m	27 min	60 min	29 min	0 min	53 min	57 min	18 min	6 min	10 min	0 min	4 h 20 min
Salen-Reutenen719 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	28 min	43 min	3 min	41 min	53 min	3 min	0 min	2 h 51 min
Bière684 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	4 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	4 min
Ebnat-Kappel623 m	17 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	59 min	0 min	55 min	14 min	0 min	0 min	5 h 25 min
Rünenberg611 m	14 min	59 min	57 min	4 min	25 min	51 min	34 min	4 min	0 min	0 min	4 h 8 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	34 min	2 min	13 min	38 min	30 min	5 min	0 min	2 h 2 min

no sun1–19 min20–44 min45–60 minMeasured fog levelMeasurements: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet

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