Climatically, the Chur Rhine Valley is one of the warmest and driest regions in the Canton of Grisons. It experiences föhn winds on a large number of days during the year.
In recent years, the settlements of the Chur Rhine Valley have increasingly grown together into an urban region around the central town of Chur.
Media
Regional daily newspapers in the area are the Bündner Tagblatt and Südostschweiz. In the Bündner Herrschaft, the local papers are the Prättigauer und Herrschäftler and in the southern part of the Bündner Rhine Valley, the Ruinaulta (called the Rhiiblatt until late 2013).
The periodicals, Terra Grischuna and Rheinfluss, deal with the Chur Rhine Valley in terms of cultural and natural history.
Panorama
135° panorama of the Chur Rhine Valley from Montalin