New Oct 2025: I got aware of this nice visualisation tool of Swiss Hydrology by Basil Stocker: https://wasserhaushalt-aus-schweizer-einzugsgebiete.opendata.digisus-lab.ch/
New (June 2025): Tool to evaluate degree of anthropogenic influence at Swiss national gauging stations: https://www.bafu.admin.ch/bafu/de/home/themen/wasser/fluesse-und-baeche/wasserfuehrung-und-abflussregime-der-fliessgewaesser/beeinflussung-des-abflusses.html
Visualisation of the zero degree elevation in the Swiss Atlas, see https://www.meteoschweiz.admin.ch/ueber-uns/meteoschweiz-blog/de/2024/06/nullgradgrenze-im-atlas-der-schweiz.html
Hydrological data sets:
CAMELS-CH: https://zenodo.org/records/10354485, paper: https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/15/5755/2023/essd-15-5755-2023.pdf, GitHub: https://github.com/camels-ch/camels
Hourly discharge data base by M. Kauzlaric: https://zenodo.org/records/7691294
Climate change data sets, Hydro-CH2018 https://www.nccs.admin.ch/nccs/de/home/klimawandel-und-auswirkungen/schweizer-hydroszenarien/hydro-ch2018-datensaetze.html
Stream network
https://opendata.swiss/en/dataset/swisstlm3d-gewassernetz
Outlets
Hydro background map
Location of measurement stations
https://opendata.swiss/en/dataset/basismessnetz-oberflachengewasser
Shapefiles of the catchments corresponding to above:
Find below the key links about hydrological data and hydropower in Switzerland.
Current filling of Swiss dams: https://www.bfe.admin.ch/bfe/fr/home/actualites-et-medias/communiques-de-presse/mm-test.msg-id-87112.html, visualisation: link
Statistics of Swiss hydropower infrastructure https://www.bfe.admin.ch/bfe/en/home/supply/statistics-and-geodata/geoinformation/geodata/water/hydropower-plants-statistics.html
Visualisation of Hydropower infrastructure on map.geoadmin.ch.
Energy research Switzerland, SNF: link
Data Order Portal: https://gate.meteoswiss.ch/idaweb
SwissMetNet: https://www.meteosuisse.admin.ch/home/valeurs-mesurees.html?param=messnetz-automatisch
Drought index MeteoSwiss: https://www.meteoschweiz.admin.ch/service-und-publikationen/applikationen/ext/climate-drought-series.html
Observed climate change in Switzerland (maps of mean annual CH temperature): https://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch/climate/climate-change.html
Extreme precipitation maps: https://www.meteosuisse.admin.ch/services-et-publications/applications/ext/climate-extremes-maps.html (estimated)
Extreme value estimates at the stations: https://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch/climate/the-climate-of-switzerland/records-and-extremes/extreme-value-analyses.html
Observed climate extremes: https://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch/climate/the-climate-of-switzerland/records-and-extremes.html
Streamflow data: https://www.hydrodaten.admin.ch/en/seen-und-fluesse/messstationen-zustand
Drought forecast: www.drought.ch