Dinkelsbühl climate — normals and trends
Dinkelsbühl (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 867 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 (17.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Dinkelsbühl averages 87 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 152 rainy days per year.
Dinkelsbühl has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 101 to 73 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.8 °C (on 13 August 2003) and the coldest -25.8 °C (on 13 January 1987).
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
DinkelsbühlBavaria
- coords
- 49.07°, 10.32°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.6°C
Average daily high
12.3°C
Average daily low
5.1°C
Annual rainfall
867mm
Sunshine / day
7.8h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
15.8km/h
Seasonal range
18.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
87 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
152 d/yr
Annual snowfall
77.6 cm
Average feels-like high
9.9 °C
Average feels-like low
2.2 °C
Average peak gust
34.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.34 · 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
35.8 °C
13 August 2003
Coldest day
-25.8 °C
13 January 1987
Wettest day
53 mm
20 November 2015
Windiest day
57.8 km/h
26 December 1999
Strongest gust
126.7 km/h
19 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
39.0 °C
6 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-31.6 °C
10 February 1956
Snowiest day
23.0 cm
10 April 1973
Sunniest day
15.2 h
24 June 2020
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.2 °C | +2.8 °C | 88 mm | +19 mm |
| Feb | 4.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 47 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 11.2 °C | +3.1 °C | 31 mm | -37 mm |
| Apr | 16.0 °C | +3.3 °C | 41 mm | -26 mm |
| May | 18.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 58 mm | -29 mm |
| Jun | 25.4 °C | +4.9 °C | 60 mm | -27 mm |
| Jul | 23.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 120 mm | +36 mm |
| Aug | 25.3 °C | +3.1 °C | 60 mm | -18 mm |
| Sep | 18.4 °C | +0.1 °C | 170 mm | +108 mm |
| Oct | 12.4 °C | -0.2 °C | 79 mm | +18 mm |
| Nov | 7.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 59 mm | -9 mm |
| Dec | 4.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 20 mm | -55 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Dinkelsbühl?
Dinkelsbühl has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 867 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dinkelsbühl?
The hottest day measured in Dinkelsbühl between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 2003, reaching 35.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Dinkelsbühl?
The coldest day measured in Dinkelsbühl between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1987, at -25.8 °C.
Does it snow in Dinkelsbühl?
Yes. Dinkelsbühl gets on average 77.6 cm of snow per year and has around 87 frost days.
Has the climate of Dinkelsbühl warmed?
Yes: Dinkelsbühl warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Dinkelsbühl?
The wettest day measured in Dinkelsbühl between 1940 and 2025 was 20 November 2015, with 53 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Dinkelsbühl?
The windiest day measured in Dinkelsbühl between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1999, with winds reaching 57.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Dinkelsbühl?
The warmest month in Dinkelsbühl is July (17.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Dinkelsbühl?
Dinkelsbühl receives on average 867 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 152 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Dinkelsbühl?
Dinkelsbühl gets on average 7.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,847 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Dinkelsbühl?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Dinkelsbühl between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1973, with 23.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Dinkelsbühl?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Dinkelsbühl.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Dinkelsbühl?
In Dinkelsbühl, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.0 °C on 6 July 1957, and the lowest was -31.6 °C on 10 February 1956.
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