Bad Münstereifel climate — normals and trends
Bad Münstereifel (Germany) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 823 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (16.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Bad Münstereifel averages 72 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 159 rainy days per year.
Bad Münstereifel has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 89 to 55 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.7 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -23.7 °C (on 2 February 1956).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Bad MünstereifelNorth Rhine-Westphalia
- coords
- 50.56°, 6.76°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.4°C
Average daily high
11.6°C
Average daily low
5.4°C
Annual rainfall
823mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
19.1km/h
Seasonal range
16.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
72 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
159 d/yr
Annual snowfall
62.1 cm
Average feels-like high
8.8 °C
Average feels-like low
2.2 °C
Average peak gust
39.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
36.7 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-23.7 °C
2 February 1956
Wettest day
87 mm
14 July 2021
Windiest day
56.6 km/h
24 November 1984
Strongest gust
130.3 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
37.9 °C
6 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-29.0 °C
2 February 1956
Snowiest day
18.1 cm
1 February 1953
Sunniest day
15.3 h
26 June 2001
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 118 mm | +58 mm |
| Feb | 4.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 40 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 11.4 °C | +4.0 °C | 14 mm | -48 mm |
| Apr | 14.7 °C | +3.3 °C | 69 mm | +5 mm |
| May | 17.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 48 mm | -34 mm |
| Jun | 23.1 °C | +4.5 °C | 66 mm | -19 mm |
| Jul | 22.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 123 mm | +37 mm |
| Aug | 23.2 °C | +2.9 °C | 38 mm | -42 mm |
| Sep | 17.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 132 mm | +69 mm |
| Oct | 11.9 °C | -0.3 °C | 65 mm | +7 mm |
| Nov | 8.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 49 mm | -15 mm |
| Dec | 6.2 °C | +2.7 °C | 30 mm | -35 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bad Münstereifel?
Bad Münstereifel has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 823 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bad Münstereifel?
The hottest day measured in Bad Münstereifel between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 36.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bad Münstereifel?
The coldest day measured in Bad Münstereifel between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1956, at -23.7 °C.
Does it snow in Bad Münstereifel?
Yes. Bad Münstereifel gets on average 62.1 cm of snow per year and has around 72 frost days.
Has the climate of Bad Münstereifel warmed?
Yes: Bad Münstereifel warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bad Münstereifel?
The wettest day measured in Bad Münstereifel between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 2021, with 87 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bad Münstereifel?
The windiest day measured in Bad Münstereifel between 1940 and 2025 was 24 November 1984, with winds reaching 56.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bad Münstereifel?
The warmest month in Bad Münstereifel is July (16.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Bad Münstereifel?
Bad Münstereifel receives on average 823 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 159 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bad Münstereifel?
Bad Münstereifel gets on average 7.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,774 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bad Münstereifel?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bad Münstereifel between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1953, with 18.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bad Münstereifel?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Bad Münstereifel.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bad Münstereifel?
In Bad Münstereifel, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.9 °C on 6 July 1957, and the lowest was -29.0 °C on 2 February 1956.
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