Kirchzarten climate — normals and trends
Kirchzarten (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.2 °C and it receives 1,417 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 (17.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Kirchzarten averages 91 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 174 rainy days per year.
Kirchzarten 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 111 to 71 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.7 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -23.9 °C (on 18 January 1940).
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
KirchzartenBaden-Wurttemberg
- coords
- 47.97°, 7.95°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.2°C
Average daily high
11.9°C
Average daily low
4.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,417mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
13.1km/h
Seasonal range
18.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
91 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
174 d/yr
Annual snowfall
151.1 cm
Average feels-like high
9.8 °C
Average feels-like low
2.3 °C
Average peak gust
35.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · 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
34.7 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-23.9 °C
18 January 1940
Wettest day
80 mm
19 March 2002
Windiest day
53.8 km/h
26 December 1999
Strongest gust
149.8 km/h
26 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
37.7 °C
6 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-30.3 °C
10 February 1956
Snowiest day
27.3 cm
7 February 1958
Sunniest day
15.0 h
19 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.8 °C | +3.2 °C | 151 mm | +30 mm |
| Feb | 5.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 66 mm | -41 mm |
| Mar | 11.2 °C | +3.4 °C | 67 mm | -41 mm |
| Apr | 15.5 °C | +3.4 °C | 79 mm | -31 mm |
| May | 18.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 95 mm | -48 mm |
| Jun | 25.1 °C | +5.5 °C | 101 mm | -32 mm |
| Jul | 22.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 146 mm | +27 mm |
| Aug | 24.1 °C | +2.9 °C | 177 mm | +58 mm |
| Sep | 17.9 °C | +0.2 °C | 181 mm | +82 mm |
| Oct | 13.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 161 mm | +61 mm |
| Nov | 7.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 106 mm | -19 mm |
| Dec | 5.5 °C | +2.9 °C | 45 mm | -88 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kirchzarten?
Kirchzarten has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.2 °C and it receives 1,417 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kirchzarten?
The hottest day measured in Kirchzarten between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 34.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kirchzarten?
The coldest day measured in Kirchzarten between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1940, at -23.9 °C.
Does it snow in Kirchzarten?
Yes. Kirchzarten gets on average 151.1 cm of snow per year and has around 91 frost days.
Has the climate of Kirchzarten warmed?
Yes: Kirchzarten warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kirchzarten?
The wettest day measured in Kirchzarten between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 2002, with 80 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kirchzarten?
The windiest day measured in Kirchzarten between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1999, with winds reaching 53.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kirchzarten?
The warmest month in Kirchzarten is July (17.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Kirchzarten?
Kirchzarten receives on average 1,417 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 174 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kirchzarten?
Kirchzarten gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kirchzarten?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kirchzarten between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1958, with 27.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kirchzarten?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kirchzarten.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kirchzarten?
In Kirchzarten, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.7 °C on 6 July 1957, and the lowest was -30.3 °C on 10 February 1956.
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