Water data sources in Switzerland
21 portals, APIs and datasets for Switzerland, covering water level, catchment attributes, streamflow, water quality and water temperature. 21 are free to use.
Government (10)
- CombiPrecip Radar-Gauge Precipitation (MeteoSwiss Open Data)
MeteoSwiss CombiPrecip product delivering hourly merged radar-gauge precipitation over Switzerland and neighbouring regions, plus other radar precipitation products, documented...
Free | Switzerland and surroundings
- Hydrogeological Map of Switzerland - Groundwater Resources 1:500,000 (opendata.swiss)
Swiss federal (FOEN/swisstopo) 1:500,000 hydrogeological map representing the various groundwater resources of Switzerland and their productiveness, available as downloadable...
Free | National
- Hydrogeological Map of Switzerland - Vulnerability of Groundwater 1:500,000 (opendata.swiss)
Swiss federal 1:500,000 hydrogeological map showing the vulnerability of groundwater resources to contamination across Switzerland, downloadable as geodata.
Free | National
- MeteoSwiss RhiresD Daily Gridded Precipitation (Open Data)
MeteoSwiss spatial climate analyses including RhiresD daily precipitation over hydrological Switzerland (~2 km grid, 1961-present) and other gridded products, distributed openly...
Free | Switzerland
- opendata.swiss - NAQUA National Groundwater Monitoring (Switzerland)
Swiss federal open-data dataset of the NAQUA-QUANT national groundwater monitoring network (~100 quantity sites; >600 sites across QUANT/SPEZ/TREND/ISOT modules) operated by FOEN...
Free | National
- opendata.swiss: FOEN Hydrological Study Area Gauging Stations
Swiss open government data dataset of gauging stations for the FOEN network of hydrological study areas (~40 catchments since 1957), with monthly/annual precipitation and...
Free | Switzerland
- Swiss Federal Office for the Environment Hydrology Data
BAFU/FOEN provides real-time and historical hydrological data from Swiss rivers and lakes including water levels, discharge, and temperature at over 260 stations.
Free | National
- Swiss National Surface Water Quality Monitoring (NAWA)
Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) NAWA monitoring programme covering pesticides, nutrients, pharmaceuticals, and priority micropollutants in rivers and lakes with...
Free | National (rivers + lakes)
- Switzerland Federal Water Institute
Alpine water research excellence
Free | Alpine research network
- Switzerland FOEN Hydro Linked Data Service (LINDAS)
Linked Data / SPARQL service publishing the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN/BAFU) real-time hydrological monitoring data (discharge, water level, temperature, flood...
Free | National
Research Institute (5)
- CAMELS-CH: 331 catchments in hydrologic Switzerland (DORA record)
CAMELS-CH: hydro-meteorological time series (streamflow, water levels, precipitation, air temperature) for 331 basins in Switzerland and neighbouring countries, 1981-2020, plus...
Free | 331 catchments (Switzerland)
- CAMELS-CH: Hydro-meteorological Time Series and Attributes for 331 Catchments (Eawag DORA)
Large-sample hydro-meteorological dataset for hydrologic Switzerland: 331 basins (incl. parts of AT, FR, DE, IT), 40 years (1981-2020) of daily streamflow, water levels...
Free | 331 catchments, 1981-2020
- CHELSA-BIOCLIM+ High-Resolution Climate Predictors (EnviDat)
Global 30-arcsec climate-related predictors including potential evapotranspiration, climate moisture index, site water balance, vapour pressure deficit and shortwave radiation...
Free | Global land
- WGMS dbgate: Glacier relational database browser
Live web interface to browse, filter and run SQL queries against the full WGMS glacier relational database (mass balance, length, elevation change) and download results.
Free | Global
- World Glacier Monitoring Service: Fluctuations of Glaciers (FoG) Database
Global database of glacier mass balance, length, area and elevation change plus glacier-related events (lake outbursts, surges), released annually with DOIs and an ArcGIS feature...
Free | Global
UN Organization (3)
- DesInventar Sendai - Disaster Loss Database (UNDRR)
UNDRR-supported open-source disaster loss database system with national inventories of flood, drought and other hazard loss/damage records across 89+ countries, queryable and...
Free | 89+ countries
- GIRI Global Infrastructure Risk Model (UNEP/GRID-Geneva)
Global Infrastructure Risk Model and Resilience Index covering flood, drought, cyclone, earthquake, tsunami and landslide hazards with probabilistic return-period layers and...
Free | Global
- ReliefWeb Disasters API (UN OCHA)
UN OCHA ReliefWeb developer API exposing the global disasters list (floods, droughts and other hazards since 1981) with disaster names, types and GLIDE numbers, plus situation...
Free | Global
Academic (2)
- CAMELS-CH Reproducibility Guide and Dataset (Switzerland)
Large-sample hydro-meteorological dataset for hydrologic Switzerland covering 331 basins (1981-2020), with daily streamflow, water levels, precipitation, temperature, snow water...
Free | 331 catchments, 1981-2020
- CAMELS-CH-Chem: Water Quality, Isotopes and Atmospheric Chemistry for Swiss Catchments
Extension of CAMELS-CH adding up to 40 water quality parameters for 115 Swiss catchments (1981-2020): hourly/daily water temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, conductivity, plus...
Free | 115 catchments, 1981-2020
Company (1)
- existenz.ch Data APIs - Swiss Hydrology & Environment
Open API aggregator exposing Swiss public environmental data, including hydrological data (river discharge, water level, water temperature) sourced from Swiss federal monitoring...
Free | Switzerland
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