Malchin climate — normals and trends
Malchin (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 627 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 (17.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Malchin averages 75 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 132 rainy days per year.
Malchin has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 96 to 54 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.0 °C (on 2 July 2025) and the coldest -24.1 °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
MalchinMecklenburg-Vorpommern
- coords
- 53.74°, 12.77°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.6°C
Average daily high
11.8°C
Average daily low
5.5°C
Annual rainfall
627mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
18.7km/h
Seasonal range
17.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
75 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
132 d/yr
Annual snowfall
42.9 cm
Average feels-like high
9.1 °C
Average feels-like low
2.4 °C
Average peak gust
38.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °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
36.0 °C
2 July 2025
Coldest day
-24.1 °C
16 February 1956
Wettest day
68 mm
29 July 2013
Windiest day
55.2 km/h
14 January 1993
Strongest gust
113.4 km/h
17 February 1962
Hottest feels-like
36.8 °C
1 August 1994
Coldest feels-like
-29.0 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
25.7 cm
10 April 1970
Sunniest day
16.0 h
13 June 2025
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 | 4.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 62 mm | +14 mm |
| Feb | 4.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 20 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 10.6 °C | +4.1 °C | 11 mm | -32 mm |
| Apr | 15.5 °C | +4.0 °C | 15 mm | -32 mm |
| May | 17.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 48 mm | -8 mm |
| Jun | 22.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 59 mm | -7 mm |
| Jul | 23.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 150 mm | +80 mm |
| Aug | 23.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 41 mm | -25 mm |
| Sep | 19.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 57 mm | +6 mm |
| Oct | 12.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 69 mm | +24 mm |
| Nov | 7.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 43 mm | -4 mm |
| Dec | 5.7 °C | +2.5 °C | 17 mm | -33 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Malchin?
Malchin has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 627 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Malchin?
The hottest day measured in Malchin between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 2025, reaching 36.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Malchin?
The coldest day measured in Malchin between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1956, at -24.1 °C.
Does it snow in Malchin?
Yes. Malchin gets on average 42.9 cm of snow per year and has around 75 frost days.
Has the climate of Malchin warmed?
Yes: Malchin warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Malchin?
The wettest day measured in Malchin between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2013, with 68 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Malchin?
The windiest day measured in Malchin between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1993, with winds reaching 55.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Malchin?
The warmest month in Malchin is July (17.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Malchin?
Malchin receives on average 627 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 132 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Malchin?
Malchin gets on average 7.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,738 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Malchin?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Malchin between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1970, with 25.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Malchin?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Malchin.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Malchin?
In Malchin, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.8 °C on 1 August 1994, and the lowest was -29.0 °C on 25 January 1942.
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