Holzkirchen climate — normals and trends
Holzkirchen (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.3 °C and it receives 1,110 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 (17.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Holzkirchen averages 99 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 166 rainy days per year.
Holzkirchen has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 128 to 70 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.6 °C (on 28 July 2013) and the coldest -29.4 °C (on 23 January 1942).
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
HolzkirchenBavaria
- coords
- 47.88°, 11.70°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.3°C
Average daily high
12.5°C
Average daily low
4.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,110mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
13.4km/h
Seasonal range
19.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
99 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
166 d/yr
Annual snowfall
107.3 cm
Average feels-like high
10.6 °C
Average feels-like low
2.0 °C
Average peak gust
30.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.63 · 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
36.6 °C
28 July 2013
Coldest day
-29.4 °C
23 January 1942
Wettest day
84 mm
21 May 1999
Windiest day
48.4 km/h
26 December 1999
Strongest gust
124.2 km/h
1 March 2008
Hottest feels-like
38.9 °C
7 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-34.0 °C
23 January 1942
Snowiest day
20.1 cm
7 February 1958
Sunniest day
15.2 h
22 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.8 °C | +3.1 °C | 65 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | 5.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 28 mm | -35 mm |
| Mar | 10.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 76 mm | +4 mm |
| Apr | 16.3 °C | +3.3 °C | 27 mm | -59 mm |
| May | 17.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 112 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 25.8 °C | +5.3 °C | 85 mm | -52 mm |
| Jul | 22.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 193 mm | +57 mm |
| Aug | 24.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 117 mm | -8 mm |
| Sep | 19.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 90 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 12.7 °C | -0.5 °C | 64 mm | -7 mm |
| Nov | 7.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 83 mm | +11 mm |
| Dec | 4.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 29 mm | -42 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Holzkirchen?
Holzkirchen has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.3 °C and it receives 1,110 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Holzkirchen?
The hottest day measured in Holzkirchen between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2013, reaching 36.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Holzkirchen?
The coldest day measured in Holzkirchen between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1942, at -29.4 °C.
Does it snow in Holzkirchen?
Yes. Holzkirchen gets on average 107.3 cm of snow per year and has around 99 frost days.
Has the climate of Holzkirchen warmed?
Yes: Holzkirchen warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Holzkirchen?
The wettest day measured in Holzkirchen between 1940 and 2025 was 21 May 1999, with 84 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Holzkirchen?
The windiest day measured in Holzkirchen between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1999, with winds reaching 48.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Holzkirchen?
The warmest month in Holzkirchen is July (17.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Holzkirchen?
Holzkirchen receives on average 1,110 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 166 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Holzkirchen?
Holzkirchen gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Holzkirchen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Holzkirchen between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1958, with 20.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Holzkirchen?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Holzkirchen.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Holzkirchen?
In Holzkirchen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.9 °C on 7 July 1957, and the lowest was -34.0 °C on 23 January 1942.
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