Bad Schwalbach climate — normals and trends
Bad Schwalbach (Germany) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 747 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 (17.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Bad Schwalbach averages 74 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 144 rainy days per year.
Bad Schwalbach has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 90 to 58 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.7 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -25.2 °C (on 16 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 SchwalbachHesse
- coords
- 50.14°, 8.07°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.9°C
Average daily high
12.4°C
Average daily low
5.5°C
Annual rainfall
747mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
15.6km/h
Seasonal range
17.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
74 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
144 d/yr
Annual snowfall
42.9 cm
Average feels-like high
10.0 °C
Average feels-like low
2.8 °C
Average peak gust
36.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
37.7 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-25.2 °C
16 February 1956
Wettest day
56 mm
2 June 1961
Windiest day
47.4 km/h
1 March 1990
Strongest gust
127.1 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
38.9 °C
6 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-29.8 °C
16 February 1956
Snowiest day
15.3 cm
17 November 1972
Sunniest day
15.2 h
19 June 2017
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 108 mm | +52 mm |
| Feb | 4.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 33 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 12.2 °C | +3.9 °C | 12 mm | -45 mm |
| Apr | 16.1 °C | +3.4 °C | 39 mm | -18 mm |
| May | 19.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 45 mm | -27 mm |
| Jun | 24.8 °C | +4.6 °C | 40 mm | -32 mm |
| Jul | 24.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 86 mm | +17 mm |
| Aug | 25.6 °C | +3.7 °C | 37 mm | -32 mm |
| Sep | 18.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 117 mm | +56 mm |
| Oct | 12.7 °C | 0.0 °C | 76 mm | +19 mm |
| Nov | 8.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 42 mm | -21 mm |
| Dec | 5.6 °C | +2.2 °C | 29 mm | -35 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bad Schwalbach?
Bad Schwalbach has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 747 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bad Schwalbach?
The hottest day measured in Bad Schwalbach between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 37.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bad Schwalbach?
The coldest day measured in Bad Schwalbach between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1956, at -25.2 °C.
Does it snow in Bad Schwalbach?
Yes. Bad Schwalbach gets on average 42.9 cm of snow per year and has around 74 frost days.
Has the climate of Bad Schwalbach warmed?
Yes: Bad Schwalbach warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bad Schwalbach?
The wettest day measured in Bad Schwalbach between 1940 and 2025 was 2 June 1961, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bad Schwalbach?
The windiest day measured in Bad Schwalbach between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1990, with winds reaching 47.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bad Schwalbach?
The warmest month in Bad Schwalbach is July (17.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Bad Schwalbach?
Bad Schwalbach receives on average 747 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 144 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bad Schwalbach?
Bad Schwalbach gets on average 7.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,665 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bad Schwalbach?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bad Schwalbach between 1940 and 2025 was 17 November 1972, with 15.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bad Schwalbach?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Bad Schwalbach.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bad Schwalbach?
In Bad Schwalbach, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.9 °C on 6 July 1957, and the lowest was -29.8 °C on 16 February 1956.
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