Temperatures of up to 30 degrees are predicted across much of the country.
Under the influence of high pressure, temperatures should climb up to 28 degrees on Tuesday in the south of the country, with similar temperatures later in the week on the north side of the Alps.
In some regions, temperatures will reach 30 degrees.
The following tweet from MeteoSwiss shows how the weather will play out this week.
"Sommer ante portas": Nach gefühlt endlosen #Südwestlagen erwartet uns ab Montag endlich ein Hauch von #Sommer (ja, den gibt's noch 😄).
Die Animation zeigt die in der Schweiz zu erwartenden Tageshöchsttemperaturen. (Temperaturverteilung wegen Interpolation geglättet) pic.twitter.com/bZDGuEog9C— MeteoSchweiz (@meteoschweiz) August 8, 2021
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