Unlike routes and town, which have a set weather, the weather in each location of the Wild Area changes daily. This means that it could be snowing in the Dusty Bowl today, but raining tomorrow. It is possible to change the weather in Pokémon Sword and Shield, allowing you to catch weather specific Pokémon and experience special battle conditions. On this page: As you progress further in the game, you will also unlock additional types of weather, allowing you to catch new Pokémon. Here are the types of weather that are available from the beginning of Pokémon Sword and Shield:
Harsh Sunlight Overcast Normal Weather (Sunny) Raining Snowing Thunderstorm
After defeating the first three Gyms, you unlock two more additional types of weather:
Sandstorm Snowstorm
Once you’ve become the Champion of the Galar region, you’ll also unlock fog. Your Pokémon will only be affected by a weather battle condition if they’re battling in an area that is currently being affected by that specific weather type or a Pokémon uses a move or ability that changes the weather condition. These moves and abilities won’t, however, change the weather outside of the battle. Typically weather conditions last for five turns of a battle, but you can get specific items, such as the Heat Rock, which will extend these conditions to eight turns. Here are the four different weather types that can affect your Pokémon in battle: Certain Pokémon abilities are also activated by different weather conditions. These abilities are: The only expectation is January 1st, which starts the new year off as usual with a variety of different weather types. The locked weather days and their associated weather are: Thank you to AnaMain300 for the help with this information. If you want to take advantage of these days, for either catching a specific Pokémon or simply aesthetics, then all you have to do is change the date on your Nintendo Switch. To do this enter the System Settings for your Nintendo Switch. From there scroll down to the System option and select the Date and Time option. Next you’ll want to turn off Synchronise Clock via Internet. This will allow you to manually change the date or time to whatever you want, effectively making you the weather god of the Galar region. Finally, all you have to do is change the date to whichever locked weather day you want, leave the System Settings and start playing either Pokémon Sword or Shield. With it finally in the wild, here’s how to start the Crown Tundra DLC and our full Pokémon Crown Tundra walkthrough. Plus, here’s how to catch Calyrex, Glastrier and Spectrier, the Regieleki and Regidrago puzzle solution and Regirock, Regice, Registeel locations, details on how to catch Legendary Birds Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres in the Crown Tundra, the Ultra Beasts and Necrozma adventure, Dynamax Adventures, including the legendries you can catch on these adventures, and the new Crown Tundra Pokédex and returning Pokémon explained. For Isle of Armor players, here’s how to find the Slowpoke, where to find Max Mushroom locations, and how to get Kubfu, become best friends and evolve it, plus all Diglett locations too! For the base game, here’s info on the ability to transfer Pokémon to Pokémon Home, the Wild Area, lists of all TM locations and TRs, all Galarian forms and finally our main Pokémon Sword and Shield walkthrough for the whole game. The first is to simply visit the Wild Area and wander about - you’ll quickly realise what weather you’re experiencing. The second way is to open the Town Map from the X menu. Once this map is open, press the + button to show the weather for each route and Wild Area location. You can do a very similar thing with the Pokédex as well. Simply select the Habitat Map for any Pokémon within the Pokémon and then, once the map is open, press + to toggle the weather on and off. You can also access the Flying Taxi from this map, allowing you to quickly reach the right location, and weather, for you.
